Grave Of The Fireflies Chapter 8 Themes

The eleven different themes from this course are the major events that happen in the world. Each of them represents a memorable symbol that important to human history. In my opinion, one event that changes everything was World War 2 (1938 – 1945). In all wars that we have covered in the class, World War 2 was the bloodiest war in the human history, involving more than 30 countries and the death of 50 – 80 million. It also the birth of the Nazi, a party that ruled Germany through horrible dictatorship and totalitarian. Japan Empire also was so powerful at that time, looking for expansion of its territory to all Asian countries. In the John Dower reading, Japan colonized China, Korea, Burma, and Indonesia with a brutality, arrogance, and racial
The U.S used firebombs with airplanes to destroy Japanese neighborhoods, causing lots of innocent citizens died and destruction of buildings, homes, and properties. Through this animation, we can see the casualty and how hard the life through the eyes of two young siblings. Seita and Seiko were one of the innocent victims of the war. They lost their parents, home, and forced to survive with no shelter and food. This anti-war movie made audience tried hard to hold back tears watching those two main characters died tragically in the war. In 1945, the U.S. Air Force dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, caused the entire city perished and hundreds of thousands civilians died. After a few days, Japan surrendered and ended the World War
Russia also had a large and powerful army, which occupied most of the Europe land after the war. Both countries also became competitive in the science and technology. The first launch of the atomic bomb in Japan was incredibly success and opening all eyes that human now has power to create such a destruction. The development of the nuclear weapon emerged in Europe and America to anticipate potential future wars or weapon of defense. This intense competition led into a cold war. Increasing population also one of the effect after the World War 2 ended. Simple answer why this happens: after great depression and World War 2, soldiers finally got to go home and enjoyed a little peace. They could finally build a family, thus baby boomers generation was