Justinh Truong
25 November 2014
Opinion Paper
Two atomic bombs dropped on the 6th and 9th of August 1945 annihilated all of Hiroshima and Nagasaki while killing nearly 210,000 people. “White Light Black Rain” and “Victory in the Pacific” both portray the devastating history behind the conflict between Japan and the United States. “Victory in the Pacific” examines the difficulties facing the projected U.S. assault on Japan and the suicidal mentality of the Japanese who fought with pride and passion for their emperor and country. On the other hand, “White Light Black Rain” portrays the lingering effects that the two bombs had on the Japanese people. Director Steven Okazaki shows the sociological impact that continued to exist decades after the war.
While disputes over whether the U.S. should or should not have dropped the bombs still linger today, these two films help give background on …show more content…
Leo Szilard, a Hungarian physicist, found that by using nuclear chain reactions, a new, powerful bomb that the world has never seen before could be created. With Germany’s success with the nuclear fission experiment, Germany became a clear threat to the United States, in response to this threat, Szilard collaborated with Albert Einstein, whose celebrity status gave easy access to the President, to write a letter informing Roosevelt of the conflict. This caution to the President eventually resulted in the Manhattan Project. With this background, it is evident that the atomic bomb was created merely as source of national defense. Many critics have illuminated the fact that since World War II, the atomic bomb has only been used as a warning flag. Although having fought a number of major wars, the U.S. held back on using bomb, thus bolstering the notion that the United States should have kept the atomic weapon as a defensive mechanism, rather than totally destroying a
25 November 2014
Opinion Paper
Two atomic bombs dropped on the 6th and 9th of August 1945 annihilated all of Hiroshima and Nagasaki while killing nearly 210,000 people. “White Light Black Rain” and “Victory in the Pacific” both portray the devastating history behind the conflict between Japan and the United States. “Victory in the Pacific” examines the difficulties facing the projected U.S. assault on Japan and the suicidal mentality of the Japanese who fought with pride and passion for their emperor and country. On the other hand, “White Light Black Rain” portrays the lingering effects that the two bombs had on the Japanese people. Director Steven Okazaki shows the sociological impact that continued to exist decades after the war.
While disputes over whether the U.S. should or should not have dropped the bombs still linger today, these two films help give background on …show more content…
Leo Szilard, a Hungarian physicist, found that by using nuclear chain reactions, a new, powerful bomb that the world has never seen before could be created. With Germany’s success with the nuclear fission experiment, Germany became a clear threat to the United States, in response to this threat, Szilard collaborated with Albert Einstein, whose celebrity status gave easy access to the President, to write a letter informing Roosevelt of the conflict. This caution to the President eventually resulted in the Manhattan Project. With this background, it is evident that the atomic bomb was created merely as source of national defense. Many critics have illuminated the fact that since World War II, the atomic bomb has only been used as a warning flag. Although having fought a number of major wars, the U.S. held back on using bomb, thus bolstering the notion that the United States should have kept the atomic weapon as a defensive mechanism, rather than totally destroying a