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Remembering The Day Of Infamy Analysis
Remembering the Day of Infamy and Seems Like yesterday are both similar and different. It is sad to think about how these poeple felt after they lost their loved ones. Both sources remember the pain they went through when they lost their friends to this tragic day. Furthermore "Seems Like Yesterday," is about a man who lost his best friend, neighbor, hero in Pearl Harbor. This is similar too "Remembering the Day of Infamy," because in this video it shows the few left survivors remembering their lost ones. In "Seems Like Yesterday," it states "Pearl Harbor is a day I'll remember for as long as I live," he said. "It's always a hard day for me, because I know how we suffered and how so many were killed. They're the real heroes, …show more content…

It is a day that all survivors will remember. It is a moment that will stick with someone that experienced it forever. Although between these two texts there are also some differences. Seems Like Yesterday is specifically talking about one man that died by one of his best friends. In "Remembering the Day of Infamy" is about multiple survivors remembering a tragic day. Although both are remembering a tragic day, "Remembering the Day of Infamy is about the sunken ship Arizona that was hit by an aromor piercing and as in "Seems Like Yesterday," it was after Breakfast. In "Remembering the Day of Infamy" it states, "the survivors of the Arizona." This shows that one is about the Arizona and the other is about after one general moment after eating breakfast. Another difference is "Remembering a Day of Infamy" is about the Pearl Harbor MEmorial as in "Seems Like Yesterday" is about a ceremony. "Seems Like Yesterday" states, " You wouldn't describe it as a ceremony." He says this because a ceremony is usually something that is not this sad, such as a ceremony to remember a marriage

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