The Weapons Of Destruction And Destruction Of Things Not Too Far From The United States Of America

Ray Bradbury’s “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” and Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, both portray visions of a dystopian future. In “August 2026”, everyone has been wiped out by a nuclear disaster, while in “Harrison Bergeron”, the US government has created a society where everyone is equal. Although these stories have very different characters and plots, the central themes and settings are very similar to each other and how they are perceived by the reader. In these stories, Bradbury and Vonnegut wrote around a central theme intended so that the reader can relate to it: what may become of us in the future. As such with many short stories portraying dystopian societies, they both depict bad events such as nuclear disasters and evil dictators.

Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” During the 1950s one of the most powerful inventions, the nuclear bomb, was on everybody's mind. An author called Ray Bradbury wrote science fiction texts and he wanted to show how people could died of nuclear destruction because of that nuclear forces it has caused problems in our society. In the story, “There will come soft rains” by Ray Bradbury, there is a house that started to burn down with the city. Therefore, technology has harmed society because society thinks that their inventions can protect them but it ends up harming humanity.

Situational irony occurs when there is a situation which appears to have an assumed conclusion, but then something ironic happens and the end result is different than what was expected. Harrison, the unique son of George and Hazel, is a tall, strong man who is attempting to overthrow the government. He manages to break out of jail and takes control of the television station, declaring himself the Emperor. Just as it appears that he is going to succeed in his takeover, the Handicapper General came into the studio. ”She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” This is not the expected outcome and creates irony in this situation.

Bradbury’s style throughout his story aids in portraying his theme of technology’s harmful effects. Irony is a one of the stylistic devices that he uses. When a person thinks of a nursery, he pictures a safe, happy place where children can play with their siblings and parents. In this story however, Bradbury keeps the

Situational irony refers to when a character’s actions have the opposite effect of what was intended. The author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, uses situational irony in "The Yellow Wallpaper" to make the plot of her story interesting. In her short story the narrator is moved to a temporary home due to her health and is not allowed to do anything, which makes her go insane. She becomes so obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in her room, she convinces herself a woman is trapped inside the thin paper and she must be set free. Situational irony is irony involving a situation in which an action has a certain effect that is opposite from what was intended, so, the outcome is

“We have to protect our Earth, so our children and grandchildren will never suffer like that,’ she said. And she looked ahead. ‘Maybe nuclear weapons won’t be abolished while I’m alive,’ she said. ‘But I will never give up.” (Hanley, NBC News). August 6, 1945 at 8:16 in the morning, the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on thousands of unsuspecting people in Hiroshima, Japan. Not only did this catastrophic event kill thousands of civilians, but it also resulted in other nations obtaining and learning how to create these deadly weapons, weapons that we still have today. In the book Hiroshima by John Hersey he gives readers a new look at that day, through the eyes of six victims who survived the horrific attack on Hiroshima, he shows how the entire city of Hiroshima suffered, and were left alone to fend for themselves.The book Hiroshima by John Hersey, sheds light on the immense dangers of nuclear warfare, and the government's responsibility for its people, affected by a war they aren’t fighting in.

Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn't. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic irony.

Throughout the story, “The Open Window”, there are many examples of irony. Irony can be funny, serious, or even scary. There are three types of irony; which are; situational, dramatic, and verbal. Situational is what is expected to happen and what actually happens. Dramatic is when the audience know more about something that is happening than the character does. Finally, verbal is the use of words meaning something different than what they actually mean.

Ray Bradbury creates irony in order to warn the reader of a depressed drug ridden society filled with the unknown. This is shown with Montag, being a firefighter, his job is to start fires instead of putting them out, except they're burning books. In the beginning of the novel, "...Guy Montag joyously goes about his job... and Bradbury describes Montag's hands with ironic majesty," to show that his mind has been brainwashed to believe that he is happy. (McGiveron 1). Except, he is depressed about everything he has missed out on in life. Secondly, it is demonstrated through Montag believing he is happy, that is until he meets Clarisse. When Clarisse asks Montag a plethora of questions about how Montag decided to be a firefighter, "He felt his body divide itself... the two halves grinding upon one another," (Bradbury 21). He feels something he's never felt before, curiosity, he thought he was happy with his everyday life, but after meeting Clarisse, he realizes that he is missing out on a lot of things. Lastly, it is presented through Mildred always seeming happy. As Mildred constantly seems happy that she is married to Montag, she is secretly trying to kill herself, with a "...small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets... lay uncapped and empty," (Bradbury 11). While everyone in the society seems depressed, there is also an underlying event taking place in the background of the novel.

Ever since World War two we have feared destruction and what could be the aftermath of nuclear bombs. We had a whole era in history to dedicate being terrified of weapons of mass destruction. We had bomb drills, duck and cover drills. The United States had TV drills if an attack were to happen on United States soil. For many Americans this was not hysteria, but a reality that could happen.

Pat Frank’s portrayal of an atomic war that can be brought on by the cold war in the 1940’s, one can see the fear the people have over the possibility of an atomic war in America. The way the people in the book react to the atomic bombs being dropped on their cities and air bases are what people can expect to do now a days; this includes them gathering necessary items such as food and water, creating safe living conditions, and in the way the people saw the future after the nuclear explosions. Pat Frank portrays the peoples fear of nuclear war extremely well in his novel Alas Babylon.

Weapons of mass destruction, or WMDs for short, are nuclear, biological or chemical weapons "that is designed or intended to cause [widespread] death or serious bodily injury" (Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction). Many countries use them as a deterrent of war, and as a potential form of retaliation. However, the construction, possession, and usage of WMDs could possibly be the most self-destructive thing humanity has ever done because they lead to nothing but death and destruction, as evidenced by the U.S. bombing or Japan in WW2, the Iraqi chemical warfare against the Kurds, and and the Soviet Union's massive biological warfare program.

Fuel Enrichment is the process by which a sample of nuclear material either plutonium or uranium is brought from initial grade to weapons grade there are three common methods for enrichment of uranium isotope into weapons grade fissionable material these are gaseous diffusion, gas centrifuge, and laser separation. The first method used by the united states was gaseous diffusion which gave rise to the Plant at Oak Ridge Tennessee “ the plans for the facility were laid out in the autumn of 1942 when the army corps of engineers started buying up large tracts of land in the area the facility was one hundred square miles 1” this gives you an idea of how much space refinement of uranium at

The United States it could be argued has an absolute advantage in the production of military weapons, or at least in some weapon systems. Using a completely free market perspective in terms of economic freedom in general, and in particular international trade, companies should be allowed to sell whatever and to whomever they want. Explain how this thinking is either valid or flawed.

The industrial revolution marked the start of the new face of the world with the improved development and quality of life. The revolution increased the rate at which new and complex discoveries have come to be across the world. Countries have over the years embarked on exploiting their natural resources to develop their economies and improve the standard of living of the residents. The international community has however raised issues on how the discovered resources are used because of the security threats that arise as a result. Nuclear energy is one the major discoveries made by a number of countries to provide power and energy for both domestic and industrial use. Nevertheless, the discoveries have raised significant threats to the