What is the significance of the donkey and elephant symbols for political parties?

Thomas Nast was credited with using the donkey in a political cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870 and the elephant in 1874. More.

Thomas Nast used the elephant and donkey in his political cartoons drawn for Harper's Weekly in the 1870's. More.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.