Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the usefulness of different sociological approaches to suicide. (21 marks) According to Item A‚ suicides are based on coroner’s interpretations and differ across cultures as Danish coroner’s base their verdicts on probability rather than English coroners who must find evidence to support their verdict as suicide. Durkheim identifies the difference in suicide rates across cultures and societies. Durkheim defines suicide as “all cases of death resulting
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The book “War Without Mercy” is a study of the wartime attitudes between the Japanese and American forces against one another‚ by John W. Dower. The book is divided into four parts: Enemies‚ The War in Western Eyes‚ The War in Japanese Eyes‚ and Epilogue. Each section plays a vital role in the book‚ that without any of these‚ the book would change entirely. War Without Mercy opens with the section titled Enemies. It functions as an introduction to the themes and materials that John Dower will use
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Strategy is used in everyday life‚ whether swearing protection into one’s country‚ defending their people with great nationalism; it is used in any shape or form; Sportsmanship in defeating a team’s opponent requires strategy‚ or perhaps children use these methods to convince their parents into purchasing their favorite toy. Primarily‚ strategy now is focused onto military tactics‚ much like ones devised during World War II. These strategies‚ developed in foreign countries‚ such as Germany and Japan
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Pearl Harbor was deliberately attacked by the Japanese on December 7‚ 1941. Reports indicate that 2400 people were killed and 1300 were wounded. [1-ap] The reason Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was because that was where all of the U.S. Navy ships were positioned. The Americans went on the offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific in mid-1942. The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on‚ a medium-sized Japanese city‚ Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August
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detailed knowledge of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese way of life attributed to the way that they attacked the United States. The Japanese felt that rather than surrender they would kill themselves in honor of their emperor. So‚ men where willing to go on Kamikaze missions where they knew that they were not going to be coming back to their families. The United States was unprepared for the attack. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor many other things had taken place in Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia. The United
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I think that it is justified. One reason I think it is justified is that it saved Japanese and American lives. It saved Japanese lives because it shortened the war which would of killed more than 18‚000 soldiers. Millions of Japanese soldiers would have been killed if they had more battles. Also that was the most number of soldiers that had died in one battle‚ 6‚800‚ of The battle of Iwo Jima. The US then got worried about the soldiers so President Truman decided that he had no other choice than
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb is not necessary for many reasons such as the following. The Ground and Naval wars are progressing strongly and also Japan is already on defense. The ground war is doing very well and has worked for us so far so why not continue. Some may say that the mountainous region of Japan could lead to the death of many American soldiers but the Japanese soldiers would have many fatalities so it would even out instead of just killing many innocent Japanese. The Naval war was making
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of innocent people were killed! Another reason is that Japan was already exhausted and reportedly on the verge of surrendering‚ it was just the military government with a “fight to the death attitude”‚ not the general population. They created the kamikaze because they ran out of weapons‚ this was a desperate act. The last reason I can think of would be that the bombing alarmed the Soviet Union and let to an eventual nuclear arms race. If it isn’t obvious already‚ I think bombing Japan was what
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didn’t do it. The journey was long to the planet of dark. Twenty-one and a half hours of space-line food and dread. I look back at the earth once more. I wish- “Here is your stop Mr. Smoke. Don’t trip on the way out‚ It’s a long fall‚” smeared the pilot. Those were the last words I’d ever here from a human being. “Mr. Sssmoke. Please follow me” the words echoed in
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