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    Shawn Smith Honors American Literature 27 June 2012 The Use of Atomic Weapons On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the world was forever changed when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The attack was made as an attempt to end World War 2‚ and it succeeded at a devastating price. John Hersey’s Hiroshima depicts six different accounts of victims of the bomb. The journalistic novel tells how each of the people began their day‚ how they survived the explosion‚ the response‚ and where they

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    Hiroshima Peace Day falls on August 6 and Nagasaki Peace Day on August 9. The two days to remind the world of the destruction that a war can wreck. According to estimates the bombs killed a large number of people – with the majority of the causalities having died from flash or flame burns. What happened? In 1945‚ the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. On August 6‚ the nuclear weapon “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima because it

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    Advertising has become an important factor in society. There are many advantages to advertising. However‚ there are also disadvantages that occur when there is advertising. It’s been able to provide information to people‚ but it has also caused the purchasing of unnecessary products. Advertising is seen as an advantage to today’s society because it helps people learn and can even help people who are in need. In source A‚ lives can be saved because people saw the advertisement about the American

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    White Clouds and Blue Skies Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a fun and quirky play about a shy and timid woman who finds a man dead at a café with his cell phone ringing‚ and she feels compelled to answer it. The Actors Theatre in charlotte did a fantastic job in presenting this story. The actors‚ wardrobe‚ stage setup‚ and props were all very unique and creative. One aspect that really grabbed my attention was the blue sky and clouds background throughout the play. Blue skies and clouds can be connected

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    The sentence structure and diction revealed another side of Hamlet in act 3. In previous acts‚ Hamlet’s sentences were short and choppy. However‚ in act 3‚ his sentences were much longer‚ and included many semicolons‚ commas‚ and colons in each one. For example‚ “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question:/Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles‚ And by opposing end them?” (A3S1) In this one sentence‚ there are

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    INTRODUCTION At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ instantly killing around 80‚000 people. Three days later‚ a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ causing the deaths of 40‚000 more. The dropping of the bombs‚ which occurred by executive order of US President Harry Truman‚ remains the only nuclear attack in history. In the months following the attack‚ roughly 100‚000 more people died slow‚ horrendous deaths as a result

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    The Bombing of Hiroshima August 8‚ 1946 will be a day etched into the memories of the many people that survived the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. John Hershey wrote a book titled‚ Hiroshima‚ which told the stories of six survivors from that day. The stories that are told by these brave people are heart wrenching‚ horrific‚ and almost painful to even read. Two survivors‚ Akihiro Takahashi and Eiko Taoka‚ tell a story about the air raid and what they saw after the large red flash had hit the ground

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    country can ultimately change the world in a significant way. The Kennedy inaugural written by president John F. Kennedy was aimed to convince the American public of the twentieth century. Kennedy constructed a brilliant speech by using types of literary elements and his advice to help the community. The inaugural was significant to every person across the nation during the cold war. Viewed from coast to coast through television or listened to from satellite radio. In conclusion‚ Kennedy’s brilliant

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    Poets‚ as any other authors‚ make use of literary techniques to capture readers in their work and the impact of these literary techniques has proven to be effective in enabling readers to grasp the poems. Literary devices in poems enable the poets to communicate themes and messages within a poem to an audience with a compelling and long-lasting impact. The poems which utilise these literary devices include‚ Sharing the Lift by Kavevangua Kahengua‚ For Don M - Banned and City Johannesburg‚ both written

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    America dropping an atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima had many benefits‚ including: ending the war‚ saving Americans soldier’s lives‚ showed America’s power‚ and made future peace talks much easier. If the bomb was not dropped the war most likely would have continued. If the war had continued‚ then more America soldiers would have potentially lost their lives. After the bomb was dropped‚ other countries would not underestimate America’s power. Once other countries knew the power America had‚

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