August 1945 the world changed. Two American atomic bombs were dropped on Japan with devastating effects. On the 6th of August 1945‚ the Enola Gay‚ a B- 29 Superfortress plane‚ dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. This single bomb killed 80‚000 people immediately and about 60‚000 more within six months. On August 9‚ a second atomic bomb that ultimately killed about 70‚000 people was dropped on Nagasaki. The dropping of these nuclear bombs is perhaps one of the most debated decisions in
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Looking back to her fifth-grade summer world‚ the narrator in Maxine Clair’s “Cherry Bomb” is reminded of the fun times she had back in the day. Clair illustrates the narrator’s playful and reminiscent attitude toward her childhood summer through colloquial diction‚ profuse imagery‚ and humorous anecdotes. The narrator in Clair’s work speaks in a very colloquial manner when she approaches the subject of her 5th grade summer. The narrator repeatedly uses em dashed descriptions (ie. “over-one-hundred-degree
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Under the Bombs As my first extra credit assignment I had the opportunity to watch “Under the Bombs”‚ directed by Philippe Aractingi. The movie became available to the public in 2007‚ embodying some of the events of the 2006 Lebanon War. The main character of the movie is a wealthy Lebanese Muslim by the name of Zeina Nasrueddi. Although she is from Lebanon‚ she lives in Dubai with her husband and son Karim. Due to complications within their marriage‚ Zeina and her husband send their son to stay
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Annotated Bibliography Association for the Prevention of Torture. “Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument‚ with Readings. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. New York: Bedford St. Martin’s‚ 2011. 836-851. Print. The main idea of this passage is to expose the irrelevance of the ticking bomb scenario for the topic of torture. The article as a whole does not take a direct stand for or against or torture‚ however‚ it slightly
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The Use of the Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project was a secretive project created by the government to get ahead in the push for a nuclear bomb. After its completion‚ the atomic bomb was secretly tested in the New Mexico desert. The bomb was a success and next came the hardest decision of Harry S. Truman’s life. He was president at the time and he had to decide whether or not the bomb should be dropped. He had to account for the civilian’s lives‚ but also had to think about the outcome of the war
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America’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was only done to assert our position over the Soviet Union‚ and Japan’s surrender was only an extra accomplishment of the attack. During the years 1939 to 1947‚ numerous conferences were held to discuss diplomatic matters‚ and the strive towards getting Japan to accept an unconditional surrender. The Japanese had already been weakened‚ and the military predicted that they would eventually be forced to surrender in a short amount of time. Even the
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civilian and military. Careful consideration of the first-hand accounts “Making Balloon Bombs” by Tanaka Tetsuko and “Playing at War” by Satō Hideo reveals the true extent of the total indoctrination and militarization of the education system that took place and the effects those practices had on the children of that era. In her statement‚ Tanaka Tetsuko describes her experience making paper for the so-called “balloon bombs” for the military as a student. She begins her narrative by describing her samurai
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the Manhattan Project‚ which was codename for the creation of the atomic bomb‚ began. The project was to create a high functioning bomb which caused mass destruction. As WWII came to a close‚ with Japan and the United States the only remaining countries in combat‚ neither showed signs of surrendering. Something had to be done to end the war‚ so the United States dropped the atomic bomb. It was justifiable to drop the bomb because neither country showed signs of surrendering and the war would have
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World War II & the Atomic Bomb The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world’s largest armed conflict. Many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack. The bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties while the unknown effects of radiation caused many more deaths amongst the survivors of the blast. Despite the ghastly effects of such a weapon‚ it offered the best choice for a quick and easy defeat of Japan. President Truman‚ who authorized
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and the Atomic Bomb"‚ written by George Orwell in 1945‚ Orwell goes into a discussion about the new weapon and how it could change the world societal structure. As well as‚ how we wage war as humans. In 1945‚ there were two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which days later ended one of the bloodiest wars in history. Many conflicts arose due to the casualties and long-term affects created. Orwell wrote “You and the Atomic Bomb” shortly after this occurrence. The atomic bomb was an overall
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