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Unlike Tanizaki fall in love Japanese modernism, Kobayashi Takiji depicts the dark world under Japanese modernism. The things that display in The Crab Cannery Ship are totally different from Tanizaki’s Naomi. These distinctions are resulted by the development of capitalism. The poverty gap is magnified in the early stage of capitalization because of the incomplete social system. It can be noted that although the protagonists, Kawai and the workers in the ship, are in the same social level namely…

“All is fair in love and war” (Smedley ch. 50), this saying is one of the most famous throughout the world, because of the truth it contains. In the past it would seem that war was something unregulated, telecommunication was harder to do, therefore it was harder to know what exactly was happening. As a result there have been some horrendous acts throughout the history of war that are not acknowledged. Although this issue has not been around for long, it has gained a support and opposition like…

Whenever America goes to war, the public is made to believe that all of their country's actions are for the greater good in order to justify them. The behavior of the United States during World War II in military action abroad, and in treatment of minorities at home keeps an ongoing essence of animosity towards people of the same ethnicity of those who we are fighting. The country's wartime policies do not respect the rights of ordinary people, and the actions postwar do not exemplify the…

"I was nothing but a toy, as a human being I meant nothing, that's how it felt during the Japanese era." –Niyem (A Korean woman who was forced to be a sex slave during the World War II) This quote expresses the horrid life experience of many different women during the World War II. As full scale war advanced in 1930s, Japan felt the necessity to devise a system of “comfort” and “leisure” for their soldiers. The soldiers were inclined to seek sexual outlets in the local society. Because…

The Decision to Drop the Bomb During the summer of 1945, things were looking pretty grim for Imperial Japan, as they were the last axis power left and had been under constant firebombing for the United States, President Truman chose to drop two atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima on August 6th and one on Nagasaki on August 9th. Since before either of the two bombs had been dropped, it has been debated whether or not it was the right decision. Truman stated that the bombs were dropped to save…

Use the ‘Schnellbrief' to answer the following THREE questions: 1. Determine the provenance of the source. (Hint: It's to do with the source author's background/beliefs etc and how these would have affected what is being presented in the source.) 10 Marks This source was a list of instructions set out by Heydrich to somewhat direct ‘the final aim'. Heydrich was a very anti-semitic person, he was seen as one of the darkest Nazi officers at the time. He was put in charge of some of the key…

Issa start… feel free to add/edit shit wherever u see fit whenever u get around to it ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH 0. Key stat (1) In the source, the speaker states that patriotism is the love of your own people, while nationalism is the hatred of others above all else. The speaker, Charles de Gualle, is saying that when patriotism is taken to the extreme, nationalism can become destructive and hateful to the point where it is set as more of a priority to resent another nation than to just simply be…

The definition of the word “genocide” may be hard for some to comprehend. For those lacking knowledge of history, they might believe genocide is impossible to occur in times such as today. The definition of genocide is the “deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group” (dictionary.com). Throughout the history of mankind, groups of people have tried to annihilate different groups for different reasons. But how is an innocent child, first learning…

Holocaust War Crimes World War II was deadliest war in history. The war involved over thirty countries and the deaths of over fifty million military and civilian lives was recorded. The second World War started September 1,1939 when Germany invaded Poland, causing France and Britain to declare war on Germany a couple of days later. April 9,1940 Germany invaded Norway, May 10th they took over Belgium and then the Netherlands, and then they hit French forces at Sedan. Benito Mussolini, Italian…

Throughout Chinese history, many events have lead to radical changes which have affected China in some way or form. Many of these events have been internal, involving strife within China. Others have been external, such as the Opium Wars. The Opium Wars were two conflicts between China and Britain which arose when one of China's officials, Lin Zexu, had attempted to suppress the opium trade after British merchants began smuggling opium into China in order to balance their purchases…