Atomic bomb

Wesley Hancock

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History – World War 2 Atomic Bomb

At about 8:15am, 60 000 Japanese people died after a US B29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, on the 6^th August 1945. Three days later, another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing at least 40 000. US president at the time Harry Truman, ordered the dropping of the bombs, which left roughly 100 000 individuals to die slow deaths due to radiation poisoning in the aftermath.

Sunao Tsuboi, “that’s me,” he says. “We were hoping to find some sort of medical help but there was no treatment available, and no food or water. I thought I had reached the end.” (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/31/japan-atomic-bomb-survivors-nuclear-weapons-hiroshima-70th-anniversary)

Scars from the burns remain on his face to this day.

Hiromi Hasai, 84

(http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/world/asia/witnesses-to-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-pass-their-stories-to-a-new-generation.html?_r=0)

He was 20 years old and in the process of learning to make machine gun bullets when he noticed a flash of light in the morning sky, the flash from the bomb that leveled their city. Hundreds of his classmates were killed in the bombing.

Kazuhiko Futagawa, 69

(http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/11/pictures-nagasaki-and-hiroshima-survivors-share-their-stories/)

Kazuhiko was exposed to the bomb while still inside his mother’s womb. He stands here in front of a shirt from sister he never knew. On August 6^th 1945, his father and sister worked at city hall, which was well within the blast radius leads experts to believe that his father and sister were both incinerated instantly.

This was a poster that aimed to convince people that nuclear weapons are not a suitable solution to our problems. The poster shows a peace sign tearing a nuclear weapon apart, to demonstrate that the aim was to rid the world of nuclear weapons and replace it with peace. The poster also uses red text to emphasis that nuclear weapons are not wanted.

This poster shows the planet morphed with a skull to signify that the planet would be dead if nuclear weapons continue to reign carnage. It uses the continents in the place of the eye sockets to add emphasis and make it more relatable that our earth with be dead.

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Children’s Literature and illustrations

  

Carlo Lorenzini, better known as Carlo Collodi

This is an illustrative book cover for Pinocchio which was created in 1883. It is a children’s novel that follows a wooden childlike figure seeking to become a real boy. Pinocchio was created by his father Gepetto who was a wood carver.  The illustrator’s graphic style is a black and white woodcut carving that has the main character posing. The nose on the character adds emphasis to the storyline in which Pinocchio’s nose grows when lying. The clothing that Pinocchio is wearing, carriers a western European influence from the 1800s in which they wore frilled neck collars.  The Pinocchio resembles more of a teenage boy instead of a young boy. This work appeals to me in that it has the resemblance from the 1800s. Also it contains background illustrations which are out of the ordinary, such as the snake and fish appearing on land, as well as the girl stuck in the clouds.

This is a poster created in the 1900s.

The graphic style contains coloured in characters, centered with the attention towards Pinocchio. Still having a heavy western influence, shown in the clothing allocated to the characters. The one character wearing a black hat and blue feather, demonstrates the old queens guards style, as they were required to wear red with fancy hats and no movement at all. The dresses also match the timeframe in that the woman wore thick dresses with thin waistlines. The illustration appeals to me in that the illustrator positioned the characters in the middle, on stage to grasp the focus of the viewer. Also the colours go with each other, creating an easy look on the eyes.

An Illustrative book cover done in the 2000s.

This book cover shows a more modernized Pinocchio with an American influenced clothing choice. The American influence came about when Walt Disney studios created the illustrations. This cover appeals to me in that Pinocchio relates more towards a child who wants to become a boy, whereas the 1800s illustrations resembles more of an older Pinocchio, probably in his teens. The blue lighting goes well with the red text. It also appeals to me in that it looks as if Pinocchio is smiling at the viewer, which gives the viewer a warmer welcoming when gazing upon it. I find an American influence on the pants of Pinocchio in that stars are represented on the pants

Assignment1C_WesleyHancock_KhiraanBhika

Wesley Hancock

Khiraan Bhika

Assignment 1 C

Speed in Transport and communication

Historical Examples(Khiraan Bhika)

Contemporary Examples(Wesley Hancock)

Communication(Wesley Hancock)

Over the years, many path-breaking inventions and discoveries have allowed us to continually keep evolving and creating new ways in which communication is possible. Communication is looked at as the sending and receiving of a message from one individual to another.

Our early ancestors developed our first written communication in the form of pictographs.

After utilizing and inventing papyrus, paper and eventually the printing press, we were able to transfer documents over large distance in order to spread knowledge and communicate i.e. Letters.

In modern times we utilize electronic technology to transmit waves and signals over large distances. We use devices such as smartphones which can send and receive phone calls, as well as multiple applications that create instant talk, i.e. Whatsapp and Facebook. We also utilize the internet to upload and download information. The modern era has changed in order for us to communicate and access information instantaneously.

Transportation(Wesley Hancock)

Transportation involves the relocation of objects by an energetic means or mechanism.

Early Nomadic people used to move from living area to living area once the resources were depleted. People used to migrate on foot and hunt by old fashioned running.

With the development of settlements that are ever growing, people needed a more efficient means of transport. With the invention of the automobile, people were now able to travel long distances without burning natural energy consumed by walking. The automobile is credited with sustaining and initiating everyday transport, increased sexual promiscuity and a sense of morality.

Expanding railways have introduced the integration of nations, by trading goods and services and allowing people to be introduced to new customs and cultures.

With ships becoming bigger and more powerful, we have been able to run them larger distances and to transport greater quantities of goods. Ships are durable but not time effective as a large vessel requires a lot of force in order to move.

The invention of flight has allowed us to travel even greater distances than the train in minimal time due to an aircraft not being restricted to the ground. Airplanes have allowed international trade in certain items that cannot be shipped.

A domestic invention has been developed where we can utilize a board called a hover board, which allows individuals to roll on wheels where they can walk. This technology after a few more years should allow us humans to never need to walk again.

Cars and Cell phones in our contemporary world and how the play a role(Khiraan Bhika)

Cars and cell phones have taken people’s lives to another level. It has increased over the years due to advancement in technology and generations that use these two items as a sense of living and making their lives better.

Cars in general have given people the need for people to fit a profile that individuals think they need in life. This is the status quo acting up and creeping into individuals lives. All because of appearance and to make a statement that they think is important for them. People take cars and turn them into their own projects by modifying them, adding rims, lights, new spoilers and the list continues. This is a sign of wanting to become noticed and known by other individuals, only because you want to look the best and feel important which increases levels of an individual’s ego.

There are two ways in which cars play a role of a luxury in life, the first case is people who cannot afford cars and who therefore see the car as a luxury of life that they cannot have. The second case is people who have more than just one car which is expensive and for whom, therefore the car being a status symbol for them.

Cell phones on the other hand have increased rapidly over the years. It has gone from only one in a hundred having a phone to basically everyone having a cell phone in this day and age. In our contemporary times which are today, having a cell phone or any type of cellular phone is a need only because present generations have made this item so important in our daily lives that people will find it hard not to live without them for a week or a day. Cell phones have become more a necessity more than a luxury, by just a touch of a button an individual can do many actions which aim to make life much easier and less complicated all because of technological growth.

Cell phones will only get better and better from today and individuals will only want the best and the latest only because they feel they will be outdated if they don’t not keep up with the times and change. Modern society will always depend on technology; all because it is forced in a way which an individual cannot refuse because unfortunately it is the way the world is turning out to be like. 

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