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    Hiroshima Book Report

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    The book begins with descriptions of what each of the six main characters was doing the morning that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ up to the moment of the blast and immediately after. Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ a personnel clerk at the East Asia Tin Works factory‚ had awakened that morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ at three a.m.‚ to catch up on housework and cooking duties for her family. She worked until seven‚ then left her home in the suburb of Koi for her factory in a part of town called Kannonmachi

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    The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is one of the most controversial aspects in the history of the United States because many people believe that it wasn’t a necessary action to take‚ in order to win the war. While others think that using the atomic bombs on Japan was essential because it saved many American lives. Others believe that it saved American lives because we didn’t have to invade Japan. Albert Einstein sent a letter to President Roosevelt

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    Hiroshima Research Paper

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    “A noiseless flash ignites. Blinding every resident in Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ seconds later light falls into darkness‚ forever damaging the city I very much loved. The darkness turns to cold‚ not because of the weather‚ because of the emptiness of my body. My family had been lost in the rubble‚ I was trapped under the bookshelf that collapsed and crushed my bones. I lie motionless waiting for a sound. No sound ever came for me‚ the cold then came from the loss of blood‚ it just kept spurting out‚ until

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    Frederick Douglass Essay Frederick Douglass has finally managed to run away from one of his masters to become a free slave‚ but yet he feels fear and paranoia. As he runs away‚ he contemplates all the possibilities of him getting caught by slaveholders or even turned in by his own kind. And it upsets him having to pass all the houses and food‚ but he has no shelter and starves with no food. This in fact heightens the intensity of his fear and paranoia because he is more likely to be caught with

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    In this passage‚ Abraham Lincoln uses the literary device of contrasting imagery to express the higher‚ spiritual implications of the war. Through his magnificent oratory talent‚ Lincoln distinguishes a path for the nation by employing the images of life and death. The phrase‚ “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us‚” describes an incomplete duty‚ once held by the soldiers of Gettysburg now passed on to those in attendance (93). To illuminate this transfer

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    Hiroshima Historians Ressess

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    Earlier this year‚ the nation witnessed a massive media explosion surrounding the Smithsonian Institution’s planned Enola Gay exhibit. As the 50th anniversary of the August 6‚ 1945‚ atomic bombing of Hiroshima approaches‚ Americans are about to receive another newspaper and television barrage. Any serious attempt to understand the depth of feeling the story of the atomic bomb still arouses must confront two critical realities. First‚ there is a rapidly expanding gap between what the expert scholarly

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    Dear President Truman‚ I am writing this letter to you to discuss my concerns on why I feel you should not drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. First off let me start by saying that if you decide to proceed with the dropping of this atomic bomb you will be killing hundreds and thousands of innocent people. I am not sure if you understand the severity of dropping this bomb and the amount of people you will be killing and/or injuring severely. I would like for you to take the time to step back to

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    rhetorical device

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    Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence.     "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961  "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici."  Julius Caesar  (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered)       Adage­ a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use       Allusion­ a passing reference or indirect mention  He was the Adam to her Eve  ​   Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚  re

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    Hiroshima Survivor Notes

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    1. title‚ first name‚ last name 2. appearance – features and clothing 3. age 4. occupation 5. education 6. languages spoken 7. hobbies / pastimes 8. location when bomb was dropped 9. family members or close friends and their names‚ locations‚ and ages 10. wartime diet 11. reason for being up early 12. activity at the time the bomb was dropped 13. rescued possessions 14. What were the conditions with work‚ housing‚ family

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    Rhetorical Devices

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    ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a

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