Assignment #1 Moore and Gibbons portray the passing of time through the aging of their characters and through their actions in a Mcloud explains that time in comics doesn't just seem like a single movement because actions occur from left to right making a time frame resemble time itself. The illusion of time comes from the words and actions that represent sound when it isn't there. In some cases, a gutter is needed to clarify the sequence, however, this is only necessary for the circumstance where
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On Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, American navy men were suddenly awoken and startled by hundreds of Japanese fighter planes barraging the base. Many had no time to prepare themselves, originally believing it to be a drill. So, more than 2000 American soldiers and sailors died in this surprise attack. Like the Pearl Harbor incident, the attack on September 11, 2001 was unprovoked and caused the deaths of about 3000 people. At the time, the United States had not declared war with either perpetrators:
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In August 1945, the most fatal weapon of destruction was dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; an event that ended the lives of 129,000 people and ended one of the most obstructive wars in history, World War II. It was a decision that affected the view of America and raised a lot of questions on whether it was the necessary thing to do. It was a decision that caused great damage but it ended something that would’ve continued to hurt the country. How did the atomic bomb emerge and how was
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On August 6,1945 a Hiroshima a witness saw a silver spec in the sky, it was the airplane the “Enola Gay”, it the dropped an atomic bomb the ended World War II. (BBCworldwide) This forced the Japanese to surrender quickly and before the emperor had his best deal in a losing effort. It is estimated to save thousands of soldiers who had to invade mainland Japan. (atomcentral.com) Lastly, the world saw how destructive the atomic bomb could be to the human race. This knowledge hopefully continued with
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee was the headquarters of the Manhattan project. In the begging of world war II the United states decided to start a program that would hardest the power of fusion. This project led to the fist creation of the aortic bomb. They named the project The Manhattan Project because there offices were in New York city and there headquarters was located in Tennessee. The small town Oak Ridge was built in the summer of 1943, specially for the Manhattan Project and contained about 80,000
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One thing that challenged the U.S. is the question how and should one create and use an atomic bomb. The U.S had started developing the atomic bomb under the name the Manhattan project. The purpose for the development of this bomb was to end WWII. The Germans were also developing their own bomb. This was a problem for the U.S because it knows created a race onto who could create the first Atomic Bomb. Another problem that face the U.S was the question of if they should even use that atomic bomb if
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THE ARMS RACE What is an arms race? An arms race is demonstrated through a rapid increase in the quality or quantity of material for military power by rival states during peacetime. The nuclear arms race during the cold war was due to the belief that the more weapons a country had, the more powerful they became. Russia and America took part in this arms race, massively expanding their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Both countries attempted to gain more nuclear weapons than the other, creating
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The Attack of Pearl Harbor 1941 was the year that both my grandparents were born, it also the year that a very tragic historical event occurred for the United States of America. The surprising Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor was a major event that took place in American History, what if a couple of details would have taken a different path, the outcome of these attacks may have been different. The date was Sunday, December 7th, 1941, Americans at the United States naval base Pearl
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I was thinking the other day, most movies today try so hard to be grounded in reality. Sometimes I just want to sit down, and watch a movie that doesn’t take itself so seriously. Back to the Future doesn't seem to give two hoots if it’s realistic or not. It's just pure fun, and doesn’t care about the internet trolls. Michael J. Fox was born to play Marty McFly. The best decision the movie made was firing Eric Stoltz, who was originally cast as McFly. Fox perfectly captures the quick-witted everyman
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November of 1944 the United States started to bomb Japan. The U.S. used their new B-29 bombers during the attacks. There was one thing that interfered most with the United States bombing over Japan. That was a small island between the Mariana Islands where the U.S. was flying from, and Japan where the United States was bombing. The island that was interfering with the United State's attacks was Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was playing more than one part in making it harder for U.S. bombers to get to Japan. The
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