Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

President Truman and the United States Government had many alternatives to dropping the atomic on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The United States could take part in a land invasion of Japan in order to fight surrender out of them. Waiting for Russia to break their Japanese neutrality act and attack Japan was also a very viable option presented to Truman while he was deliberating dropping the atomic bombs. Unfortunately, there were very good reasons why both of these options were…

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack, starting before 8 a.m., lasted two hours. The Japanese flew in fighter planes and destroyed 20 naval vessels and over 300 airplanes. Nearly 2,500 American soldiers died during the attack with another 1,000 injured. This devastating attack will not be forgotten quickly. It seems that the result of this attack is all out world war. Although there have been many things leading up to this. The main…

it is a complete substitute for life.” Technology can be defined as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. To add on, the story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury shows the aftermath of an atomic bomb. Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 and died on June 5, 2012. In his lifetime he published over 30 books. In my opinion, the story “There Will Come Soft Rains” shows how electronics is harmful to society for many reasons. In the…

The Bombing of Hiroshima is the first-hand account of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. It was written by Yamaoka Michicho in order to express her opinion on the use of the atomic bomb. She believes that using the atomic bomb was inhumane and inexcusable. She intended for this to be seen by the Americans; to inform them of the pain and tragedy that they caused when they dropped the atomic bomb. Michicho writes about the effects of the bomb on ordinary citizens, who had done nothing to provoke…

After meeting some of the survivors he talked to an editor from The New Yorker about writing an article explaining the bombing through the survivors’ testimonies. He spent a couple of weeks researching and interviewing several survivors. Hersey then returned to America, and a couple of months later…

I’ve only seen one Stanley Kubrick film, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and I liked it very much. For my next foray into the venerated director’s filmography, I watched his previous picture: “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. My recent venture into black comedy with “MASH” didn’t go so well, but I was sure I’d like this Kubrick film. And I did like it, but I still think it shows that I am out of my element with this subgenre of black comedy. “Dr. Strangelove” tells…

The Phoenix is a mythological character in the Greek mythology. The legend has it that The Phoenix is a large, grand bird, and eagle like. According to the ancient Greek mythology, the Phoenix’s true home is the paradise, a land of unimaginable beauty lying beyond the distant horizon towards the rising sun. Nothing dies in Paradise. After a thousand years had passed, The Phoenix had become oppressed by the burden of its age, and the time had come for it to die. To do so, the Phoenix had to fly…

people had, but there were two conflicts that stood out. The Holocaust had methods of mass killing, had a theory behind the action, and there was aftermath. Hiroshima was different in the reasons for their actions, there method of mass killing, and the aftermath that was left after Hiroshima. Paragraph one- First, in the war at Hiroshima and in the Holocaust there were reasons behind the actions that took place. The Nazis which controlled the Holocaust based their ideas on the thought that…

Many people of today’s society still have questions to how the Marvel Comic figure Iron Man came upon the scene. There are many theories and assumptions, but the film Iron Man shows in detail how this unique hero was created. Iron Man is not considered to be your average superhero, his superhero like powers came in a more constructive way rather than being bitten or coming in contact with the super natural. The process of creating Iron Man took many failures, but this character was established…

writer and journalist wrote a popular non-fiction book named, Hiroshima. A book written to reveal, specifically to Americans the horrific disaster the first atomic bomb used in human history, brought to its victim, Hiroshima, Japan. As an non-fiction book, Hersey had the responsibility of remaining an unbiased narrator. Creating a great debation whether or not, Hersey effectively pursued a flat style of writing throughout the writing of Hiroshima. After reading the book myself, and further…