Home front during World War II

A soldier who goes into war will never come out being the same man. The psychological stress of war makes every soldier lose their mind, in both clinical and/or abstract terms. The clinical definition of insanity is “a severely disordered state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder” (Merriam-Webster). The abstract definition is “to deal with heightened stress in un-methodistic ways”. In The Things They Carried, by writer and Vietnam war veteran, Tim O’Brien, every character deals…

Kollwitz Käthe Kollwitz was a German graphic artist from the early 20th century that first came into prominence around the 1900s with images of class conflict and social critique. Kollwitz’s post-war artwork depicted simplified human figures that expressed the human condition as well as the tragedy of war in black and white. She cared nothing for current art fashions, such as expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, because it was irrelevant to the concerns of working people (Skrapits 60). With…

World War One would be the war that starts all wars. Malala Yousafzai said during her speech in the UN Assembly “In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war, and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.” As we all know, no war is better than other; all wars are brutal, in general. Until today, innocent civilians still remain as the victims of war. Both World War One and World War Two…

treated became a subject of debate in popular magazines at the time. Japanese, suppressed within the United States during WWII, still radiated hope of a bright future for them and their families even while facing many adversities. Prior to WWII Japanese immigrants in Washington state…

The Cold War was a conflict amongst America and Russia; it was shaped once World War II finished. This created the fall of the Soviet Union, which is a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991. It has been declared when the United States dropped the nuclear bombs that it wasn’t the last military performance of World War II although it was the first act of the Cold War. Although Japan was under attack, and the weapons were pointed straight to the Soviet…

There is an assumption that money buys happiness, it is the myth of the American dream. Americans believe that money solves all problems and their emotional state is tied to financial matters. In America, people often judge others wealth by their homes, vehicles and outer appearance. In Class Matters chapter 9, the main topic was how customers appeal to stores. One of the retail workers that was interviewed stated that she judged people on their finger nails because good nails/ a good manicure…

The Unhappy Compromise World War I was officially brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was negotiated among the Allied powers of Britain, France, and America with little to no participation from Germany. The intent of the treaty was two fold, first to prevent another world war, and second to punish Germany for starting the war to begin with. This vindictive approach would spill over into every part of the treaty and would…

Necessity of Atomic Warfare The question on everyone’s brain since the end of World War II has been “Were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary?” There are many arguments on both sides. For instance, if we had not retaliated against Japan so harshly they may have continued attacking us. The U.S. could have been seen as weak. On the other hand, many innocent people were killed. Opinions could go on for days and days but the fact is: Japan attacked us first. It was the…

Revisited: Women, The War, and Social Change details the lives of “the real Rosie the riveters” through oral history. Gluck interviews multiple women that lived during World War 2 as they expose the real aspects of daily life of women during WW2. Throughout this book these interviewee personal stories gives life to the iconic symbol of the Rosie The Riveter character portrayed in the mass distributed poster by J. Howard Miller that became a symbolic depiction of working women during war time as…

After the ending of hostilities of World War II and the surrender of the Imperial Japanese government, Japan was disarmed and its armed forces completely decommissioned. American and Allied forces were put in the position of providing protection and security for the nation. As Japan focused on rebuilding itself from the ashes of war, the leadership of the American occupy forces under General Douglas MacArthur put pressure on the Japanese government to amend its prior Meiji Constitution of 1899…