Book Portfolio: Flags of our Fathers

In Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley, the author, James Bradley shows how the raising of the flag on the island of Iwa Jima in Japan was an important part of World War II. He shows this by researching each of the flag holders' lives, including his father who was one of the flag holders.

Probably the main theme of this book would have to be how life was for the soldiers during D Day when they landed on the beach from the drop ships. He talks about things like how there was volcanic ask on the beach of Iwa Jima and how it absorbed the blasts from the mortars as well as slowed down the soldiers fighting on the beach. He also talks about how the was a lot of gun fire and how almost anything that was on the beach that day was hit by bullets. The significance of this theme is that it was a very difficult day to fight but in the end it was rewarding because it was the end of World War II.

The theme in history is that the raising of the flag on Iwa Jima marked the end of World War II.

Personally, I do think that it was important to have our flag placed on Iwa Jima because it showed that our military was strong and that it showed that we had defeated the Japinese and won the war.

With all this said, the raising of the flag on the island of Iwa Jima in Japan was an important part of World War II. Mostly because it showed the end of World War II.

History Test Essays 12/19/08

#1 The increasing access to certain technologies during the 50's and 60's changed history by making it possible for things like being able to see political debates live on Television. Being able to do this, people started to judge political candidates on their looks as well as their ability to lead.
For example, JFK v. Nixon. On the radio, Nixon would win the debates because he had more political experience. However, because JFK was younger and better looking, he would win the Television debates because people were able to see what was going on and would judge by what the candidates looked like.

#2 The leadership method(s) and goal(s) of Martin Luther King, Huey Newton, and Malcolm X were similar yet very different.
With Martin Luther King, his goal(s) were to give the African American population more civil rights without having to protest with violence.
With Huey Newton, his methods were similar in the way that he did not want to do anything with violence. However, he allowed his group to have guns and would give out aid to the poor to rope people in to join their group.
Finally, with Malcolm X, his methods were not to protest without violence but to fight back through organized riots and things like that.

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