Corvus+2016+Fat+Man+and+Little+Boy+Atomic+Bomb

Tanner Gonzales Ryan Vanderpool Robbie Harris Kevin Buhl

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Aim: Little boy was a code name for a bomb developed in the 1940’s in the Manhattan project during WWII, and was named Little boy after President Franklin Roosevelt (Atomic Heritage Foundation). Fat Man was a completely revolutionary new type of bomb design and was named Fat Man after England’s prime minister Winston Churchill (Atomic Heritage Foundation). The two bombs were developed by many different scientists at many different locations and was a top secret project under development by the United States government at a highly unprecedented cost. Explicitly, the United States whole sole purpose of these bombs being dropped on Japan was to save as many American lives and Allied lives by bombing Japan and it’s leaders and hopefully being able to bring the war to a victorious end for the Allies. Inexplicitly the bombing was to get back at the Japanese for bringing America into the war when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Truman even in his speech after the Atomic bombs were dropped on August 6th stated, “The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many fold” (Truman). The two bombs names were purposeful because they were named after pivotal ally leaders such as England’s Churchill and the United States Roosevelt bringing significance to the fact that the Allies had a breakthrough in technology to end the war (Stockbauer). The bombs were originally transported in pieces and later assembled prior to the mission to prevent accidental detention. The bomb Little boy was dropped from the B-29 Super fortress the Enola Gay on Japan on August 6th, 1945 in a hope to end the war and cause Japan to surrender. Both the Little boy and Fat man were air burst bombs that had an altimeter that would cause both igniting devices to ignite and explode the bomb once they hit a certain altitude (Stockbauer). The consistent green words used in all the texts read were that these keyword bombs were necessary advancements in technology in order to end the war and save countless American lives.

Works Cited:

"Little Boy and Fat Man." Atomic Heritage. Atomic Heritage Foundation, n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2016

“The first Atomic Bombs: "Little Boy"and "Fat Man" Atomic Bomb Museum. 1.1. 2006. Web. 4 Jan. 2016

Stockbauer, Marc. “The Designs of Fat Man and Little Boy” Edge Ethics of development in a global environment. 1.1 (1999): 1. Web. 4 Jan. 2016

Harry S. Truman Library, "Army press notes," box 4, Papers of Eben A. Ayers.

Complied by: Ryan Vanderpool

Audience: The intended audience of Fat Man and Little Boy was the military leaders of Japan and for the people of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. These bombs were dropped in order to force Japan to unconditionally surrender at the end World War II. The primary audience of the bomb dropping was the military leaders of Japan this was in order to show them the power of the United States as well as force their hand into surrendering. The secondary audience was the people of Nagasaki and Hiroshima that were either killed by the bomb’s detonation or were exposed to high amounts of radiation causing disfiguration, cancer, and death. The assumption that the author, United States of America, has about his audience, Japan, is that an unconditional surrender was never going to be met, and that Japan was planning on continuing their fight in the war unless both Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped. This is both a strength and a weakness for the author as dropping the bombs did officially end the war with Japan and saved countless American lives as the alternative option for not dropping the bomb was an all out invasion of Japan from the air, sea, and land which would have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of both American and Japanese troops. This assumption of the audience made by the author was also a weakness as it is believed that there was a better way to end the war and that Japan was close to surrendering, but did not want to under the strict conditions that were given to them from America.

Works Cited:

Hamner, Christopher. "The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki."Teaching History. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2016.

Miller, Henry I. "The Nuking Of Japan Was A Tactical And Moral Imperative."Forbes. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2012.

Complied by: Robbie Harris

Cultural:

The modern cultural impact of Fat Man and Little Boy bombs are that the entire world is now scared of nuclear apocalypse, this was especially true for the Cold War which lasted into the early 90s. More specifically, Japan has used the dropping of the bombs as a way to preach peace and tolerance. The Japanese still hold those fateful days close to them, “Despite the fact that the bombs were dropped over 50 years ago, these young children still honored the children from long ago. Mostly thought of as a military action, the aftermath of the atomic bombs went far beyond the military realm to create lasting social and cultural effects that affect the lives of the Japanese even today” (Tam 1). However the Japanese people are still sensitive to the topic of nuclear bombs, this is evident in Fallout when the Fat Man launcher was renamed the Nuka Launcher in the Japanese version. Cultural events influence the relationship between the audience Japanese Leaders, and the author the United States Government would be that Japan is forever scared of the devastation of two nuclear bombs, and having to move on and work with the United States to better their country as well as rebuild. The persuasion of the text tries to influence the cultural meaning of the bombs, by explaining the circumstances that led to the use of the bombs. This leads the reader to believe that using the bombs was the only viable option to ensure the end of the war. The persuasion of the text influences modern society by educating the reader on how the bombs led to the Cold War and how the use of nuclear weapons now fuels different types of organizations trying to hurt others, because of the potential power able to be used in such weapons.

Works Cited:

"Aftermath of the Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki, Japan." Facing History and Ourselves. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.

Tam, Keila. "Washington State University." Spring 2015 Little Man and Fat Boy The Social and Cultural Legacies of WWIIs Atomic Bombs Comments. Washington State University, 22 May 2015. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.

Complied By: Kevin Buhl

History:

Fat man and Little boy where the names given to the nuclear bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan to end the second World War with Japan. These names are synonymous with terror, destruction and the second World War. The author allows no persuasive techniques due to the informative nature they have while writing the text. Both of the bombs affect both the text and the world in which we live it. Writer Yoko Ota stated that "I reached a bridge and saw that the Hiroshima Castle had been completely leveled to the ground, and my heart shook like a great wave... the grief of stepping over the corpses of history pressed upon my heart." This was a new standard of war. People all over Japan were shook by what the United States had done. The two bombs dropped over Japan changed both history and war forever. Now in modern day we're so afraid of nuclear weapons because we saw what they could do first hand. We saw the mushroom cloud, we saw the radiation and cancer, we saw the deformation we saw how inhumane we can be not only to those we call our enemies but also those whom we share the title of human with. The United States and the whole world was changed drastically after the dropping of Fat Man and Little Boy.

“The first Atomic Bombs: "Little Boy"and "Fat Man" Atomic Bomb Museum. 1.1. 2006. Web. 4 Jan. 2016 "Little Boy and Fat Man." Http://www.atomicheritage.org. Atomic Heritage Foundation, n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2016.

Tanner Gonzales