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Guilt, is what the seventh man felt when he survived the typhoon and his best friend K lost his life. He was only seven at the time when this tragic event happened in his life. K his best friend was a year younger than him. They were best friend, but more like brothers. The day of the typhoon the seventh man went down to the beach while they were in the eye of the storm, and it was rather nice out. Things went horribly wrong though while down at the beach looking at things that the storm had…

Points of Interest There are several details in this story which raised doubt with both the parents of the children and the local police department. When the children departed for Glenely Beach in the morning of January 26th, they left with only enough money to cover their bus fare: six shilling and a sixpence. However, the shop owner, who sold several pastries and a meat pie to the children at 11:45am, reported that the children paid for the food with a $1 bill, an amount of money that they…

The honor-shame ideology can be dated back thousands of years to japanese samurai. In their case, they would rather die with honor in battle, rather than surrender and bring shame onto their families. In World War II this became one of the factors when deciding if the United States should drop an atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The decision was made because the Japanese army would not surrender and bring shame to their family, and the United States would have lost thousands of lives if they…

Godzilla (Gojira) is about the implication and everlasting deterrent stories of the Atomic age. Peter H. Brothers feel Godzilla was more about people and their psychological regaining of structuring back their cities, their culture, and their lives that was threatened by radioactive fallout than just a monster. In the film they focused on current events at the time while contributing Godzilla and other special effects. As stated in the book Brothers, Peter. “Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare”. Monster…

All the kids are doing it. They’re doing it in the park, in their yard, between buildings, and just about anywhere there’s two structures to tie down to. I’m talking about the latest sport activity trend, slacklining. Hikers first used slacklining way back in the 70’s. They used the activity as a way to exercise their balance in between hiking adventures. Now, it has grown from an exercise to an everyday activity. The people who participate in slacklining, are often humorously called slackers.…

The interwar period of 1919-1939 had economic disruptions that led to unstable political conditions during transformations that were occurring in Japan, China, Mexico, Turkey and Iran. Of all these countries Japan stands out as executing the most successful transformation due to aggressive nationalism that helped it achieve expansion into China as well as the ability to create an empire during this period. Other countries like China and Mexico were less successful because of struggles to…

From around 1600 to the middle of the 19th century, Japan and China chose isolation for themselves to avoid western cultures and their outside influences. As the world around them began to increase their powers and advance with new technologies, Japan and China realized the growing influences they’d once avoided was now upon them. They had to decide if these new western developments were a threat to their cultural identity and how they would be affected. In the beginning, the nations felt they…

Shogunate Japan was a very structured and influential time in Japan’s history, starting from 1185 to 1603. Japanese society was structured in different layers which resembles a pyramid. The Social and Political structure was essential to Japanese society because it promoted stability. The purpose of this essay is to find how this social hierarchy worked and what each person did to contribute to society. In The Shogunate pyramidal division had a very complex five level class system. Society in…

Shirin Shahsavari 12/22/15 G Block How Did Contact with China influence Japan? Contact between Japan and China goes back to around 200 AD. At the time, China was much more advanced and powerful than Japan. The Japanese people soon became fascinated with Chinese philosophies and ideas and started to adopt Chinese ways to suit their own needs. As Ancient Japan was developing, it faced an internal division of clans that made the Japanese authorities adopt a range of Chinese political values and…

After the date December 7, 1941, Tomi’s life took a large change. The flow map goes in chronological order starting a year and a half later after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The flow map has 3 events for the middle, beginning, and end. First of all, the first block begins on page 7, a year and a half later after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The map says, “Tomi and Billy go and see his dad’s old boat”, and I added this into my map because I believe that this is one of the main aspects that…