The Pearl

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…

Tracy Chevalier’s novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring, has very little basis in Vermeer’s masterpiece other than the same painter. Chevalier’s own internalized misogyny is evident in her use of archetypal female characters throughout this book, as well as her other works. Her personal bias influences the book so deeply, she refutes all historical fact in favor of rewriting the novels of the eighteenth century. Her complete lack of understanding of historical or artistic context and fact make her…

Franklin D. Roosevelt shows his devotion to the United States and its people in his speech about Pearl Harbor. He uses rhetorical devices such as anaphora and parallelism to distinguish his argument towards Japan, sending the message that we are not backing down. He assures to the citizens of America that he intends to prevent such a harmful and gruesome event, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, to never happen again. “There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our…

the USA have been going back and forth with each other for the longest. This has changed the countries socially, politically, and economically, but for now I will explain how Japan Attacking Pearl Harbor, The Lend-Lease Act, and some visual pictures socially affected these countries. Japan’s attacks on Pearl Harbor socially affected Japan because according to an excerpts from The Way of the Subjects from 1941, it states, “ The way of the subjects is to be loyal to the Emperor in disregard of…

It was December 7th, 1941 the worst day in US history: the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The next day the President told the World, "I asked that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack on Japan on Sunday, a state of war has existed between United States and Japanese Empire." The child was very mad because his dad was going to be going to be in the Navy because they recruited husband, because he was a experience out on the ocean. The child said " It was weird not…

Among multiple phrases, one of the most influential and powerful quotes found within Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Speech is when he asserts the future success of the United States of America in not only overcoming Japan’s attack on the nation, but ensuring that such event will never take place again, “I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of…

In the aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor the United States retaliated on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m. the crew of the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. The bomb detonated 2,000 feet above the center of Hiroshima, destroying 60% of the city and killing an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 people immediately. Due to amount of civilian deaths this led to, we often ask ourselves if the bombings over these Japanese cities were necessary. To debate wether the…

The extract from Pearl Harbor: A Rude Awakening is little more than just a simple footnote. This textbook was written by Bruce Robinson in 1970. It's original purpose was to educate students of the after war period about what really happened on the 7th of December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The origin of this source is valuable due to the fact that Bruce Robinson eye witnessed the attack, thus it is a first-hand account of the event. Moreover, the purpose of this source is also…

During World War II, America was involved in a bombing campaign with Japan. This was because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a United States naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. The bombing of Pearl Harbor took place on December 7th, 1941. This destroyed 20 American naval vessels, 8 battleships, killed more than 2,500 people, and wounded many others. The United States wanted to avenge Japan, so they used precision bombing. Precision bombing was not successful, and “fire-bombing”…

On the Hawaiian Island, beautiful sunlight shined down on the people. Just when everything seemed ordinary, several bombs were dropped at the Pearl Harbor. This event killed thousands of people and almost destroyed the United States Navy. December 7th 1941 was a very tragic day for Americans, it will always be remembered as “a date which will live in infamy”. When we are looking back on this event, doesn’t it make us wonder whether the attack was anticipated? Different people look at this…