Pop culture such as movies, books, music, and television shows, normally are about fictitious things that we watch to get away from our everyday lives. Some on the other hand are still fictitious but have subliminal messages in them to get how the author, artist, or director really feels about a subject without screaming it in your face. The Japanese director Ishiro Honda did just that in his film “Gojira” aka “Godzilla” in 1954. This film was made just nine short years after the tragic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So naturally he would he would be upset about the situation and he told us about it in his movie. Godzilla was not only a destructive monster but a symbol as well. The Godzilla in the movie coincidently had the same destructive powers as a nuclear bomb would; “Honda later said that he envisioned the fiery breath of Godzilla as a way of “making radiation visible,” and of showing the world that nuclear power could never be tamed.” (Staples 724). So Honda’s main point was that he was very non nuclear and against war and wanted to display this in a movie. Staples used this same concept in his…
Yoshitaka states from document D his life changing event on how much he had to endure. He explains how he had to witness countless lives pulling at his ankles as he tries to make it through the tradgedy himself. He was left to fight for his life as he was injured brutally and had to walk through a radioactive wasteland. Also in Table A, there was a total life loss of over 200,000 taken away and in hiroshima 30% just died from the collapsing debri.…
Here the correlation between the outcast Godzilla and the child is emphasized as both are considered, at least in the child's mind as outcasts, and thus the victory cry is a cry of solidarity. This is unfortunate as the child feels there is no one who he is able to relate…
In the year of 1829 the Apache had six tribes that all lived fairly close to one another. This land was known as the Apache pass. The tribes consisted of the Be-don-ko-he, the Chi-hen-ne, the White Mountain Apaches, the Cho-kon-en (Chiricahua), and the Chi-e-a-hon. They all lived fairly peacefully together and held many council meetings. Some go along better than others, but would come together for what would later be known as the Apache resistance.…
To conclude, in my opinion the first atomic bomb should have been used on Japan to end…
We follow the life of Sayuri, who begins as a peasant in a fishing village, as she becomes a geisha. The real interest of this book is in the first half - her training and schooling. After that, the book devolves into a rather standard romance-novel-type plot concerning Sayuri's love for the Chairman, an important figure in her life.…
Based on all of the recent tragedies Japan had endured, combined with the release of numerous other monster movies, it was decided that Japan was going to make its first. Ishiro Hondawas the man who was put in charge of productions, as he was a man who endured serving in the war and ultimately came home to eerily empty streets, grief-stricken survivors and mass destruction - a portrait that would later be used in the directors creations. These personal perspectives inspired Honda’s vision of the film to metaphorically compare Godzilla to the atomic…
On the one hand, the unprecedented growth of the South Korea has improved the average standard of living. On the other hand, excessively worshipping the capitalist modernization, obsessing with the American dream, Korean people have paid “tremendous social and psychological costs” for overly rapid development (Klein). Not surprisingly, the anti-Americanism has derived from public opinions during 1980s. Questioning the uneven relationship between South Korea and the United States, the director Bong embodies this idea in the entire film. The first and the most obvious anti-American symbol is the prologue scene implying that the monster is a product of chemical contamination created at a U.S. military base. After the monster’s attack in public, the news only reports the American soldier as a hero fighting with the monster but ignore Gang-du’s contribution. In the hospital, when an American official orders the doctor to drill into Gang-du’s head, all medical staffs are totally subservient to him. Furthermore, the American military offers South Korean government a poisonous chemical gas named “Agent Yellow” for exterminating the monster without considering the safety of people and…
I decided to interview Pinakshi Gogoi. She is a friend that lives in my residence floor. When I first meet Pinaksi Gogoi, I automatically assumed she was Indian. I not only did I just notice her race, but how friendly she was when we meet. When I saw Pinakshi, she seemed to look like a quiet person but on contrary she was out going and really nice. Another thing that is just really common to assume is that she is straight. Of course I did not know for sure if these things were true or not when I meet her; its just a reflects you get when you meet someone new to assume things about them.…
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Aside from the innocent death of the bombs, the U.S were right in their decision to bomb Japan. The casualties from both sides, Japan and America, would be greater if America would have invaded instead of bombing Japan. The History Channel states that General Douglas MacArthur and many other top military officials advised Truman that the casualties would be up to a million American soldiers lives (Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki). Also, using the atomic bomb showed the world how devastating of a weapon it is. Dickinson Quotes, “Science has reached to the fringe of the universe and stolen the secret of life inviolate since the beginning of…
Although the reconstruction was a slow process, it was done within a couple years and people began to move back forgetting the memories of the past. The Americans knew what the bomb was capable of. However they underestimated it, and so did many other countries. Consequently many countries all over the world began to research and produce their own nuclear bombs, and today Russia and USA have more than 7000 of these bombs each. Many say that the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki revolutionized the world, for it subsequently introduced a deadly weapon to the world, on that in theory could bring the end to the world in days. In regard to whether the discovery of this bomb is considered good or bad, it with no doubt has caused an enormous change in the military and brought an end to a world war. The Hiroshima bomb is such an important event in the world history and will continue to be studied in years to go, as it brought an end to a large scale war and began and new Era not only to the Japanese and the Americans but to the whole…
The monster was rejected by society because of appearances, and that led the monster to harsh revenge measures. For instance, Victor demolished the only opportunity of the monster having a companion; therefore, the monster became resentful towards all mankind. The new being simply desired acquaintances to learn and have fun with, but the population denied him his only wish. The creature had all the correct reasons to take drastic measures in taking revenge. Accordingly, the reader can conclude that it is wrong to judge a person based on…
People with an opposing point of view may argue that Harry Truman’s order for the first nuclear weapon to be released was completely inhumane, despite the predicaments they made Americans involuntarily participate. They even concluded that Japan was surrendering, and that they were “on their knees” before the U.S. decided to change history forever by using “terrorizing actions” (Manhattan Engineer District, 20). Even some military, intelligence analysts suggest that when the weapons were dislodged on August 6, 1945, the Americans only wanted to cause as much damage as possible. Although they considered the nuclear bombs a destructive force, they envied the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber from which they descended. The Enola Gay, was an expensive war plane that released the weapons, vaporizing 70,000 Japanese citizens of Hiroshima (Manhattan Engineer District, 13). Upon the delivery of the atom bombs, thousands of citizens were killed instantly but the results were ineffective. After the original dismissal of explosives, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, only two days later. Things were not looking good for any of the powers involved in this heinous war. Then on August 9th, a second atomic bomb was released on Nagasaki, and that resulted in the death of approximately 80,000 Japanese people, adding to their death total. Even…
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, CIE (Marathi: गोपाळ कृष्ण गोखले) (May 9, 1866 - February 19, 1915) was one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society. Through the Society as well as the Congress and other legislative bodies he served in, Gokhale promoted not only or even primarily independence from the British Empire but also social reform. To achieve his goals, Gokhale followed two overarching principles: avoidance of violence and reform within existing government institutions.…