On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked and destroyed Pearl Harbor. Thousands of Americans died, and hundreds of aircrafts and battleships were destroyed. These garnered hatred for Japanese that overwhelmed the masses, as well as the call for revenge. The result: US congress declared war against Japan days after, and thus joining the World War II. In the film Pearl Harbor, film makers demonstrate the devastation brought by the Japanese air force. Also, it shows that US government, specifically President Franklin D. Roosevelt, could avert the attack. The film Pearl Harbor demonstrates Roosevelt’s involvement in the destruction of Pearl Harbor. In the film, the conflict between US and Japan started when President Roosevelt cuts off oil export to
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At the beginning, they show Japanese leaders discussing their conflict on their gas supply. Actors acting as Japanese leaders were seen as harmless individual, even reasonable. Playing children were present in the background suggesting that protecting the innocent or civilian was part of their cause. Instead of presenting Japanese as terrorist capable of violence, film makers present them as calm and family oriented society. That is, this suggests that Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to protect their family, their country. Also by showing Japanese children, which represent civilians, film makers might want to show who were killed when US dropped atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 1945 killing more than 210,000 people. Thus, film makers used innocent children to show that, by attacking Pearl Harbor, Japanese might not wanted to spread violence but to protect their …show more content…
Roosevelt used the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to enter US in WWII. The film shows the conspiracy theory that he knew of the imminent attack and decided to ignore it. By halting oil export to Japan, FDR influenced Japan to take action against US. By sending volunteer troops in Britain, US demonstrate their unofficial involvement in the war. Since film makers did not shows any inner thoughts of Roosevelt, suspicions of his orchestration would remain as it is. However, whether he did or did not, the result still favored Roosevelt - US officially joined
At the beginning, they show Japanese leaders discussing their conflict on their gas supply. Actors acting as Japanese leaders were seen as harmless individual, even reasonable. Playing children were present in the background suggesting that protecting the innocent or civilian was part of their cause. Instead of presenting Japanese as terrorist capable of violence, film makers present them as calm and family oriented society. That is, this suggests that Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to protect their family, their country. Also by showing Japanese children, which represent civilians, film makers might want to show who were killed when US dropped atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 1945 killing more than 210,000 people. Thus, film makers used innocent children to show that, by attacking Pearl Harbor, Japanese might not wanted to spread violence but to protect their …show more content…
Roosevelt used the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to enter US in WWII. The film shows the conspiracy theory that he knew of the imminent attack and decided to ignore it. By halting oil export to Japan, FDR influenced Japan to take action against US. By sending volunteer troops in Britain, US demonstrate their unofficial involvement in the war. Since film makers did not shows any inner thoughts of Roosevelt, suspicions of his orchestration would remain as it is. However, whether he did or did not, the result still favored Roosevelt - US officially joined