That Was Then

Emperor Hirohito in a radio address announcing that his country is going to surrender on August 15. That was one quote from Emperor Hirohito, the emperor of Japan. A lot of people ask questions about the war, and these are some of my questions. Here are some questions I want to ask like what are the materials needed to make an atom bomb, are the materials to make an atom bomb radioactive, Why was Hiroshima “targeted” not Tokyo, or How many U.S. Americans died in the atom bomb explosion? These…

novel, When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka explores the effects of isolation on the identity of the family. In the book the Japanese were being taken away from their homes and being put in camps. This made them feel different as they were being given an identity that they did not want/like. Julie Otsuka utilizes the effects of isolation to argue that due to this the people feel like they have a different identity. Before his imprisonment, the father's role in the family was a huge spot…

articles chronicling his experiences overseas in 1943. Articles by writers like Steinbeck provided the only record that was not tented with propaganda, nationalism, and glorification of the military. In 1958, Steinbeck’s articles were gathered together for the book Once There Was a War. The unedited life of military personnel during World War II as represented in Once There Was a War included uniformity, fear, and in the end, fragmented memories. The obvious example of uniformity within the…

Romania, Finland, Norway, Denmark and the Dutch just between 1939 and 1940. With many more to come and fall under the command of Germany, they continued to gain territory throughout World War Two taking what they wanted most, power. But why was Germany was so successful in early World War Two? Well, Germanys success is due to the charisma of their leader Adolf Hitler, and the blind followers of his preaching’s. However, the success did not extend beyond the Battle of Britain leading to Germanys…

1619 is the year in which slavery was born. It took place in the city of Jamestown, Virginia. Africans were captured and shipped to the Americas and were forced to participate in hard labor. In the beginning, slaves were obligated to grow crops such as tobacco. As time went on, the production of cotton played a major role in the south in the 1800’s. During this period, there were certain people in the North who opposed the entire idea of slavery; these people were known as abolitionist. They…

“The House was Quiet and the World was Calm” describes how I feel when I am home alone. With the house to myself, I am free from the noise of the blaring T.V, constant ringing and vibrating of cell phones, and loud voices. It is then when I usually pursue activities that require quiet, usually reading or relaxing. The sense of peace that overcomes me as I am alone in the house allows for intense focus. When I am alone and reading, I can immerse myself in the text. Stevens writes the “reader…

to try to stop slavery in the south. For years people have had different thoughts about John, was he a villon and had no right to kill these people or did he help put the civil war into drive and help stop slavery. I think that John Brown is a villain because he killed people and lied lots of times which was not needed to stop slavery like he thought. John Brown thought the only way to stop slavery was violence. John had an idea to stop slavery by going to plantations and forcefully freeing…

Was the Civil War inevitable? probably not, since it created the Nation that the United States has become. Knowing that the Civil War was a war between the Union States (North) vs. the Confederate States (South). The two main causes of war were Slavery and Religion. The Union President Abraham Lincoln resounding "no" to the central provision of the Crittenden Plan and similar proposals stiffened the backbone of congressional Republicans.(American Stories, pg.363) The Union having triple the…

What If Collier was Wrong The Collier brothers say it themselves, “war is futile”, however, is that a professional thought, or just a theme that supports his title? In this essay one could find evidence that war shaped history not hindered it. As previously stated, the Collier brothers say themselves “war is worthless.” When, in reality, has shaped not only history, but society itself. War is a trivial thing, Most of the population would agree with the Colliers when they say, “war does bring…

succeed in trashing Constantinople, another crusade began, but this crusade lacked the public support that the other crusades had. This crusade was the Children’s Crusade, the pilgrims of which were thousands of children of various ages. The crusade lacked real funding and was not supported by the pope, but the crusaders believed that Divine Intervention was guiding them and kept trekking towards Jerusalem, which resulted in the deaths of nearly everyone involved. I shall endeavor to not only…