Hiroshima and Nagasaki The morning of August 6‚ 1945 was devastating to Japan. The United States B-29 bomber Enola Gay had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nicknamed “Little Boy”‚ it was the first nuclear weapon to be used in warfare and packed an explosion equal to that of 20‚000 tons of TNT. Just three days later‚ another bomb‚ called “Fat Man”‚ was released on the industrial city of Nagasaki. Combined‚ the death toll was above 200‚000 people. Leading up to these attacks‚ much research had
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The Potion Diaries was written by Amy Alward‚ this exciting story is about how a nationwide Wilde Hunt is called to find a cure for Princess Evelyn’s accidental poisoning. Samantha Kemi knows she must win to redeem her family’s reputation. The Potion Diaries takes place in a futuristic world that is divided between those who are Talented and those who are ordinary. Samantha lives in the Kingdom of Nova‚ but she travels around the world to places like Bharat and Zambi. Zambi’s wild jungles are lush
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During the course of the film ‘Motorcycle Diaries’‚ the two protagonists Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado learn much about the world around them over the course of their travel. Many of the events experienced by the two protagonists have a significant effect on their opinions on the world and their maturity. At the start of the movie‚ you will expect the journey they will undertake is relaxed and puerile‚ but over the course of the film‚ we find out that the journey is all about the interpretation
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“Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down” – Malcolm X. Sometime you should make people suffer because without suffering people will never learn from their mistakes. After Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 bringing an end to the European conflict‚ United States still had the major battle to win with Japan. In 7 December 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killing more than 2400 soldiers and civilians. The trauma made by Japan attack was still fresh for Americans
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n the Diary of Anne Frank it shows how Anne Frank strived and wanted to stay alive. Anne Frank lived in fear and hiding. She kept a diary of how she faced each day like her last. She kept going even though it was tough. Her and her family never knew when they would be caught while hiding.This was very scary for the Franks. In an article written by James Ryan it shows how even when Anne died she wanted to live. A quote was used that Anne Frank said herself “I want to be useful or give pleasure to
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can encounter many problems between individuals. Many differences are conveyed in the book Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll. Although both Scott Kalvert’s film and Jim Carroll’s novel portray Jim as a character who hides his true feelings from everyone in his life‚ their leads major barriers‚ Kalvert’s interpretation of the play while examining his own behaviour and change in attitude differs from Jim Carroll’s original version; this allows the audience to feel more attached to the book. It is clear
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I chose to read a book that sounded really interesting to me. I found out about it last year during one of the Book Festivals. The book is called Zlatas Diary‚ and it is written by Zlata Filipović. It is from the Memoir/Autobiography genre. This is a diary that was published‚ and the author became really famous because of all the things that she had to go through‚ and because of her experiences. She had many journalists coming to interview her. The setting is in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina during
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want my diary to be my friend‚ and I am going to call this friend kitty. Wednesday‚ 24th June 1942 Dearest Kitty‚ Oh what a day! A very very hot day it is‚ I’ve never really been grateful for the tram‚ but now I’ve realised just how pleasant it is instead of having to walk everywhere! I don’t really understand why‚ but now Jew’s aren’t allowed to take the tram…actually‚ we aren’t allowed to take any type of transport bar ferry‚ it is quite worrying‚ and I even got my bike stolen from me on my
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Anton Ermakov Period 4 US History Essay The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ and then‚ three days later‚ dropped another bomb on Nagasaki. Since both bombs were dropped‚ there has been controversy over this important event. Some people feel strongly that the United States was justified in the decision to drop the bombs‚ whereas many other people believe that it was not necessary to bomb Japan at that point in
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Was it right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? By Ellie Hayes I think that the U.S. did the right thing by bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The cold hard fact is that Japan started the war‚ we just ended it. This debate will always be controversial because of the amount of Japanese citizens the two bombs killed and injured‚ but I believe those people are looking at it from the wrong perspective. The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of the most devastating tragedies in American history
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