Were the Americans justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945? The dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 by the Americans is a very controversial issue with no definite answer. Both sides of the issue have very justifiable arguments. Reasons for dropping the bomb include the fact that Truman’s options were limited at this point in the war‚ that the bomb did have the desired outcome of Japans surrender and that the majority of reasons
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placed in a difficult situation on deciding whether to shoot the elephant in order to protect others. Regardless of which side he acted on‚ he would still have others wishing he would have acted the opposite way. I believe George Orwell was not justified in killing the elephant‚ because the elephant was no longer aggressive‚ he killed it to avoid looking like a fool in front of the town‚ and he shot the elephant without confronting the owner of the elephant. After the elephant had done his destruction
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up elegantly by the chorus of old men when they say to Clytaemnestra‚ “…And You‚ innocent of his murder? And who could swear to that? and how?...” (A‚ 1534-35). One reads very early on in the book of Agamemnon that “Ten years gone‚ ten to the day our great avenger went for Priam…” (A‚ 44-45). This references when the ‘great avenger’ or Agamemnon went to defeat Priam in Troy. It had clearly been ten years‚ quite a long time‚ since the death of Iphigenia when Agamemnon returns home and is murdered
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a Salesman The American Dream is defined as the traditional social ideals of the United States‚ such as equality‚ democracy‚ and material prosperity. The American Dream is at work within each character’s life. Positively when it can be achieved and negatively when the expectations are unrealistically high. In the story the author‚ Arthur Miller‚ compares successful businessmen to a non-successful delusional salesman. The successful businessmen are Ben‚ Charlie and Howard. Willy is the main
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For America‚ the War of 1812 was justified. Clearly there were sufficient reasons for America to declare war with Great Britain. Time after time the British violated American rights and freedoms. Acts such as impressments‚ the attack on the USS Chesapeake‚ the violation of American neutral rights and waters‚ blockades on U.S. ports‚ and the ignoring of stipulations of Jay’s Treaty and their Treaty of Paris all imposed threats on America. To prevent further altercation‚ America tried to solve the
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Should Animal Experimentation be justified? Animal experimentation is an issue that many think that just risen from nowhere‚ but actually it has a long brief history. It goes back to the earlier centuries where goats and pigs were dissected and when animal experimentation was used to learn more about the blood circulatory system and its processes first hand in the 1600s. Centuries later‚ the experimentations became a bit intensive and in-depth when French chemist‚ Louis Pasteur infected sheep
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To what extent were the Romans justified in calling the Huns barbaric? The Huns were a fearsome society‚ conquering land and allying with and fighting against the Romans at separate times in their history. They were successful in defeating the Romans in numerous battles and Attila is one of the most recognisable names from history. Despite this‚ they are still considered to be a barbaric society by many in the modern era and most in the ancient era. The criteria to judge whether a society can be
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The Republic of Scotland: naive dream or justified claim? The ‘Land of Wiskys’s’ independence movement is delighted to see the headlines of today’s newspapers. Though there have been arguments and even riots about independence since the unification of the English and Scottish Crown back in 1603‚ the recent development of David Cameron’s approval of a referendum planned for 2014 finally provides the opportunity for the Scottish to achieve separation from the UK. The issue is currently divided into
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Jacksonian Democracy was or was not democratic? Jacksonian Democracy marked the age "of the common man" and the era for an improvement on government and society. When Andrew Jackson was president‚ he led the nation of the United States into dramatic changes both socially and politically which affected the government system and the lives of the American people positively. He fascinated the American people greatly because he stood for values they stood for such as a better government system. Because
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When Americans die in Iraq‚ they usually get a one-liner; (e.g. two Marines were killed by a roadside bomb today‚ three more Americans died in Iraq today.) When the terrorists brutally behead someone‚ the media tends to over expose the event‚ which can lead to a glamorizing effectin the minds of certain viewers‚ namely the terrorists themselves. The news stations like CNN hold lengthy debates about who might have committed the act and why they might have committed it. In the end‚ does such behavior
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