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Stranger things: Character description Joyce Byers Joyce is a major character, she is Will Byers mum who reports her son missing to Jim Hopper She conforms to the single parent stereotype, as she has to work long ours to support her family, as well as her eldest son having to work, to also help pay for things. Erratic, wants to find will, doesn't sleep, works hard She is Will's mum and reports him missing. She is constantly looking for him and doesn't stop until she finds him. Jim Hopper Jim is a major character, as he is the sheriff of the town. He is in charge of the missing persons case (Will Byers). He conforms to the stereotype of the male gender.. lazy, negative, not emotional however, on the other hand he is the stereotype of a sheriff and initiates a search party for Will. Lazy, Does not look after himself, alone, want to find will, messy He is the sheriff in charge of Wills missing person case and has to use all methods to find him (t

The Cold War   It started in 1945 just after WW2 ended and lasted for about 45 years. During WW2, tensions between the USA and the USSR were growing as Stalin and Truman worked with Churchill to defeat the Nazi's, and then decide how they were going to deal with the defeated Germany at the Potsdam conference. This didn't go well though as the USA and USSR disagreed on how Germany should be dealt with, due to the fact that The USA was Capitalist and the USSR was Communist. Because of this and other reasons, such as Truman hiding the fact that America had developed an Atomic bomb from Stalin, tensions were great between the two nations. When Germany was finally agreed to be split between 4 zones, one for France, Britain, the USA and the USSR, the Soviets tried to make their zone communist, whilst the other allies said that this was wrong and thought it should be Capitalist/democratic. This meant that the Soviets faced a lot of opposition from their former allies, and as th