Analysis Of The Movie ' The House On 92nd Street '

This investigation revolves around the question “Was Truman pragmatically and morally justified in using the first atomic bomb against Japan to end World War II?” The scope of this investigation is to determine whether the use of the first atomic bomb was the right choice at the time given the situations in both the United States and Japan during 1945, and if the choice to use the bomb was the right decision for the long run; also, the scope is to see if the use of the atomic bomb follows the ideals of Just War Theory. Sources of particular relevance are Michael Gordin’s “Five Days in August: How World War II became a Nuclear War” and Robert Newman’s “Rhetoric and Public Affairs: Truman and the Hiroshima Cult.” The source “Rhetoric and Public Affairs: Truman and the Hiroshima Cult” was written by Robert Newman, a distinguished historian and writer who wrote many articles about World War II and the Cold War, and published by Michigan State University Press on July 31, 1995.

“On August 6, 1945, the world was changed forever with the denotation of an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed three days later with the use of another bomb over Nagasaki”1. The United States use of atomic weapons on Japan in 1945 was an event that triggered the fear of many individuals because it was during the period of war. The use of atomic weapons by the United States however, was justified because they had to end the war quicker, they intended to do minimal damage, and they had no other alternative.

21 Jump Street is a movie that revolves around two undercover police officers. It all started in high school. Schmidt was a less popular honor roll student where as Jenko was a popular jock who lacked the necessary intelligence to get through high school. After graduation, both Schmidt and Jenko joined the police force, which sparked their unexpected friendship. Jenko saw the benefit of befriending the more intelligent Schmidt and Schmidt noticed the athletics of Jenko to use to his benefit. After graduating from the police academy, the pair fall short of being considered quality police officers. Luckily for them, they are assigned to an undercover unit on Jump Street. Their task is to infiltrate a drug dealer’s operation and to find who is distributing synthetic drugs to high school students. During their undercover investigation, they are in awe as they discover the extent of how stereotyping has changed from when they were high school students. However, it remains somewhat the same in the respect that stereotyping still defines everyone within the school.

2. What is the nature of the conflict between Esperanza and Ramon early in the film? Is Esperanza and Ramon's behavior toward each other different in public and private? Why/how?

Necessity is the mother of invention. Michael Blow wrote in his book, The History of the Atomic Bomb, that the United States was building an atomic weapon for the main purpose of beating the Germans to the creation of the bomb (95-96). After uranium was used to create atomic fission in Berlin in 1939, Albert Einstein and other scientists wrote a letter to Roosevelt, talking him into government funding for atomic research in America (Foner and Garraty, “Manhattan” n. pag.). In a bit of irony, American leaders believed that the Germans, in the race to create the ultimate weapon, were beating them. In actuality, however, they never got far in their research, and America defeated them by a sizeable amount (Blow 96). In the United States, research for the “Manhattan Project,” the code name for the secret project to use atomic energy to create a bomb, expanded all around the country. This included universities such as Columbia, Princeton, California, and Chicago. While the research had been independent and government funded up until the middle of 1942, the army took over guidance of the project at that point. The possibility of an atomic bomb had become too realistic to keep the research in the private sector (Foner and Garraty, “Manhattan”).

The development and deployment of the atomic bomb by the United States towards the Japanese raised a number of issues that still remain relevant today. World War II was tentatively beginning to conclude when the prospect of dropping the bomb was considered; this consideration led to much controversy and thought from scientists and the president. Leading up to this final decision, the scientists and the president did not share perfectly identical views regarding the drop; though they did come to the same final conclusion, part of this being due to the fact that their jobs are not identical in requirement for what must be considered. Though both the scientists working in the Manhattan Project and President Harry S. Truman held reservations

As World War II was coming to an end during 1945, the creation of one of the most destructive weapons known to humanity occurred within the United States. This weapon, known as “the atomic bomb,” was used on the two Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in a death toll unprecedented by any military weapon used before and an immediate, unconditional surrender. Some historians believe President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb in order to intimidate the Soviet Union whereas others believe it was a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s unconditional surrender. In the Report of a Scientific Panel of nuclear physicists, some scientific colleagues believed the atomic bomb was a “purely technical

The nature of the Atomic Bomb created a global and theoretical set of stakeholders that few other ethical dilemmas reach. In many ways this use of nuclear technology created the Cold War and the global fear of a nuclear Armageddon. At that time every citizen of the globe feared how the use of nuclear weapons would harm them and their world. The future is also a stakeholder in this conversation. The effects of nuclear fallout were not well understood at the time. Nuclear aftermath could last for decades and even longer, effecting the health and livelihood of all living things for generations to come. The information that could be collected and research opportunities created after a nuclear weapon detonation would be studied for centuries and will change medicine and research forever. Future citizens and scientists were also stakeholders in this decision.

This investigation analyzes the influences affecting President Harry S. Truman 's 1945 decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan during World War II. Over the past 57 years, many have debated whether this was a genocidal act or a necessary military decision. To examine the driving forces present when Truman ordered the employment of atomic weaponry, this study focuses on presidential speeches, minutes of White House meetings, and military reports. The mindset of the American people, their leaders, and the state of the American military campaign late in the war are evaluated to determine the primary reasons for his order to use the atomic bombs.

The scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a historical drama published in 1850. It takes place in the 17th century in Boston, Massachusetts. It is about the love between a minister and a common woman held apart by secrets and sin. The two had a child named Pearl and because of this her mother, Hester, must wear a scarlet A on her chest for the rest of her life. The Scarlet Letter teaches people about change and how people adjust to circumstances over time.

In this essay the scientists, Szilard and his 59 consigners, drafted a petition to the President of the United States, in hopes that he would not allow the use of atomic bombs during the war. The scientists who worked in the field of atomic power for many years, want the President to know that using atomic bombs could increase ruthlessness, which the country has already started on a journey to do so. They go on to state that the Air

The purpose of this paper is to examine the pressures on Harry Truman that led him to authorize the use of atomic bombs on Japan. There are discrepancies in the public reasons that Truman professed for using atomic bombs. His personal diaries record a different reasoning than was presented to the people of the United States and the rest of the world. This paper will also examine the scientists’ opposition to using the atomic bomb. In the video "Day After Trinity", some scientists seemed to have a very abstract view of how devastating the bomb would be in realistic human terms. Once the news of the bomb reached the scientists, they seemed shocked and surprised at how savage the weapon was. I

They came, unwarned. On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese executed a full-fledged attack on Pearl Harbor. They mercilessly created havoc, with attacks that caused the sinking of eighteen American ships, as well as 170 aircrafts. The casualties were dreadful, with 1,177 of those lost lives had been of the crewmen. The very next day, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and thus the United States’ involvement of World War II. Americans of every state were absolutely enraged and bent on their will for vengeance against the Asian country. Within the shadows of galvanized America, Robert Oppenheimer had set his infamous Manhattan Project into action. This project was so disclosed that only a limited number of men truly knew of its purpose. The clandestine project held prior securities to the point in which famous scientists had to use codenames in order to visit Los Alamos, even wives were kept in the dark, and only key scientists could bring their wives along with them. (Source D) This project had been the discreet creation of the Atomic Bombs. Time and time again, this topic had never really dissipated, its controversial who, what and whys prompting generations to debate its palpable purpose. Was the aim really focused for the “good of all?” Was it for America’s self-preservation and wish to promptly put an end to all of the suffering? Many Americans to this day still believe and argue for the usefulness of the atomic bombings, that the droppings were justified.

In early 1939, the world’s scientific community revealed that German physicist had learned the secret of splitting uranium atoms. A fear that the Nazis might attempt to manipulate an advancement to advance their domination of Europe arose. To exacerbate the situation, Pearl Harbor would be bombed in December 1941. This initiated not only the American efforts to discover the secrets of atomic energy, but also race prejudice of a plot among Japanese-Americans to sabotage war efforts. As panic spread across America, drastic decisions would transpire.

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are encased in one of the most controversial presidential decisions of America’s history. The war on the European front was coming to an end, but Japan still held a firm fighting position against the Allied Powers. With each Japanese island the U.S. Army seized, American casualties increased. As the supply of American soldiers dwindled, alternative solutions had to be discussed before proceeding with one of the most costly invasions America would undertake. America’s chief priorities consisted of victoriously ending the war in the shortest time possible, and saving the most lives – Japanese and American alike. The only possible way to meet this was through the use of atomic energy.