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Samurai and Knights: Were the Similarities Greater Than the Differences? When comparing two things you must really put into perspective the little things that they are made up of. Two things can seem similar but that will never mean that they are exactly the same. For example, some of the things that Knights and Samurai had in common were: they both must obeyed their code of honor and stayed loyal to their king, both got paid in land, both were willing to do anything for their ruler. But what…

Though Japan and the U.S are very different countries in terms of how they relate to the world around them, being collectivistic and individualistic respectively. This will affect how they interact with and organize themselves in relation to others differently in comparison to the US. However, both countries favor similar traits such as good work ethic and education, which will provide comfort as I will know what will be expected from me as an individual in an academic environment. Having…

bang. The sound of war rings throughout the battlefield. Samurai and knights make this booming noise, fighting for their daimyos and lords. Thousands of miles apart, similar feudalistic societies arose, developing their own elite warrior classes. In Japan, samurai protected the peasants, their lords, and especially the Emperor. They went to war to defend the people selflessly. Knights were the Medieval warriors of Europe. These soldiers went to war on horseback and defended their kingdom. If…

large amounts of land, then granting smaller pieces of land to nobles. In return for the land, the nobles promised to fight for the lords if they were called upon. The warriors of Europe were Knights. The warriors of Japan were Samurai. After a civil war, the man with the most power in Japan was the Shogun. In Europe, the Catholic Church held the most power, as most of the population was Catholic. In both countries, the Samurai and Knights were the heart and soul of the warrior class. Honor and…

The Second United Front became an example of how even the existence of the Japanese as a common enemy could not overcome the fundamental fragmentation of Chinese society. The United Front was an agreement for the Nationalists to stop CCP persecution in return for troops and the CCP abiding by the Nationalists ‘Three Principles’. For Chiang, who stated in 1941 “the Japanese are a disease of the skin, the Communists are a disease of the heart”, the Second United Front was only ever a military…

The Narrator, a young man graduating from college, is undergoing a transition that is analogous to the major changes of the Meiji reform. He is young, and full or life, much like the modernization that was gripping Japan at the time; the rush to modernize was especially in major cities like Tokyo, where the Narrator spends the bulk of their time. The next age group, holding Sensei and K, are trapped in a battle between modernization and more traditional values. They…

accurately represent some of what Japanese girls were forced to go through during this time. Sam Fuller portrays occupied Japan well through his film by use of kimono girls, literal setting, and the cooperation between Japanese and American law enforcement. House of Bamboo works very well to demonstrate life in Occupied Japan because it was actually filmed in Occupied Japan. Sam Fuller obviously does this so his movie is realistic, but it allows the viewer…

All Japanese-Canadians were ordered out because “… Slocan project has been selected as a Repatriation Camp and will house only those who have elected at the present time, or who may elect in the near future, to return to Japan.” Exiled from their exile, the Nakane family was forced to move again without Uncle and Father. Uncle receives a letter which says, “As you have expressed your desire to remain in Canada and for various reasons you are not considered suitable for Eastern…

The 1946 Hawaiian Tsunami On April 1, 1946, a massive tsunami struck East Hawaii causing widespread damage as well as killing 160 people. The cause of this was an undersea earthquake off the Alaskan Coast. (This Day in History) “…13,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, a 7.4-magnitude tremor was recorded in the North Pacific.” A tsunami is a series of large waves generated by an abrupt movement on the ocean floor which could be caused by an earthquake. “However, powerful undersea earthquakes…

Through the progression of the boy and his measures to cope to the trauma of incarceration, Julie Otsuka, author of When the Emperor was Divine, suggests a general basis of the emotions Japanese Americans have faced, as outlined by the Kübler-Ross model, or in other words, the five stages of grief. When the Emperor was Divine follows Japanese Americans through the perspectives of a four-membered family, from spring of 1942 to 1946, a period of time in which both issei, Japanese immigrants to…