Kamikaze

From 1939 to 1945 World War Two (WW2) ravaged the world, causing horrendous amounts of death and destruction. During the tail-end of the war, after Germany’s surrender, war still raged on in the Pacific; more specifically on the islands of Japan, which eventually lead up to the United States (U.S.) dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan caused inconceivable amounts of terror and suffering for years to come…

Galapagos is a science fiction-fantasy story set in a third person narrative that was written by the author Kurt Vonnegut. Most of the story is set in the hotel of El Dorado in Ecuador and is spent introducing the characters of the story. The main characters are Mary Hepburn a widow from America who was a biology teacher at Ilium High School recently laid off from her job and mourning the death of her late husband Roy Hepburn who died of a brain tumor that slowly robbed him of his judgment and…

Japan had quickly conquered many Asian countries as they believed that they could stop Western influence coming into Asia by conquering and controlling all of Asia. Japanese soldiers followed Bushido code Kamikaze code were a moral code that included death before dishonour and defeat (history.com, 2015). Because of these codes casualties on the Japanese side were extremely high and also contributed to high losses on the opposing side. It is said this reason…

Hitler had been planning for a war long before he rose to power with a master plan for the domination of Europe outlined in his book Mein Kampf (1925) and Zwietes Buch (1928). His plans were to unite Germans under one empire, conquer Eastern Europe, end the Treaty of Versailles, create a national army, and exclude Jews from society, which were all causes for war. Hitler’s intentions were demonstrated in the Hossbach Memorandum, but some claim, including James Sheehan, that it was a strategy to…

Methamphetamine has many different names. It is considered a highly-addictive-chemical. The Japanese created this chemical compound to incite the kamikaze pilots to crash their planes into American ships in world-war-two. It gave the fighters the endurance to fight such battle, a drug that won’t let you sleep, and eating is out of context, the euphoria is indescribable. The fact that Japanese people…

Panopticism, a system that induces in its subjects an eery feeling that one is being surveyed but can’t definitely say from where. We’ve all experienced this feeling, whether it be from a school, a church, or your own home, and that feeling has inevitably influenced our decisions. I have personally experienced this feeling many times, but my most relevant example would probably be working at The Pittsburgh Stop. On the corner Forbes and Bigelow Boulevard right between Hillman Library and the…

rappers have effected it. In order to both provide examples of these and other rappers, Laymon fills this essay with long strings of allusions to rappers and their songs and actions. He includes lists of rappers such as “Charlie Braxton, K.R.I.T., Kamikaze, Mychal Denzel Smith, Tito Lopez, Skip Coon, Pyinfamous, Banner,…”(72) or “Scarface, JT Money, Ice Cube, Bun B, MC Ren, and D.O.C.” (65) as a means to provide examples of the people he is describing, but he uses such lengthy allusions in order…

Media Literacy and the Critical Process Reality Television shows are challenging sit coms and dramas for dominance in the television market. Certain sitcoms, dramas, and news programs might be widely popular, however; they are expensive to produce due to actors, writers, producers. Reality shows may not be as popular but they are relatively cheap to produce. Often there are no trained actors and writing and production staffs are scaled down. An example of a sitcom is ABC’s Meet the Goldberg’s…

Sabrina Peters HIST 1016 Mr. Haug November 9, 2014 “The Many Faces of Khubilai Khan and the Mongol Empire” Khubilai Khan was born in 1215 and he was the grandson of the infamous Chinggis Khan. Khubilai Khan was described in various ways and Rossabi had stated that “ he is represented as a Mongol in formal Chinese paintings; as a typical Muslim potentate, with the dress and physical features of a caliph, in Persian miniatures; and as a European king, with a Caucasian…

During World War II, countries were in a race against time to improve technology and war strategies. The race for new innovations all started after Pearl Harbor, and America entered the war. Germans and Americans were preparing for battle with many different new technologies and war strategies. The attack of Pearl Harbor all started because the United States was unhappy with Japan’s attitude towards China. Japan wanted to take over Chinese territory and import market. In 1973, Japan…