2014-15+Corvus+Fat+Man++and++Little+Boy+Atomic+Bomb

"Fat Man” and “Little Boy” were two atomic bombs that hit the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the World War II era, which led to Japan’s surrender, ending the war. “Little Boy” was the first atomic bomb made towards the end of World War II and it was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. “Fat Man” was the second atomic bomb made and it was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” are referenced in the book Mosquito Coast because Allie, the main character, created a refrigeration unit entitled “Fat Boy,” an amalgam of Fat Man and Little Boy, the names given the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (enotes). The purpose of the concept was to give a representation of how powerful “Fat Boy” is in the book, just like how “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” were powerful enough to destroy two cities in Japan. “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” are how the main character got the name “Fat Boy,” referencing to the amount of power the machine Allie created has, in which it must have large amounts of power if he based it on two infamous atomic bombs. “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” are a representation based on the origin of the name “Fat Boy” in the book. Also, the author tends to use the terms metaphorically, in which Theroux’s metaphor is “borne out by the name “Fat Boy,”” as it blends in with the names of the atomic bombs (enotes).
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__Sources:__ “The Mosquito Coast Analysis.” enotes.com. n.d. Web. 5 January 2015. “Fat Man.” wikipedia.org. n.d. Web. 5 January 2015. “Little Boy.” wikipedia.org. n.d. Web. 5 January 2015.


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The two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan not only speak to Japan it speaks to the world. Japan suffered 40,000 immediate casualties from each bomb and over another 100,000 from the fallout (‘Atomic Bomb’ 1). Japan will always remember those that were lost to the atomic bombs and so will the world. This is because by dropping the atomic bomb the world saw the devastation of Japan and caused a desire to have the ultimate weapon. The ultimate weapon (atomic bomb) transformed to be more deadlier over the years. The bomb ‘Big Ivan’, a Russian hydrogen bomb, was tested in the 60’s and was stronger than both ‘Fat Man’ and ‘Little Boy’ combined (‘Big Ivan, The Tsar Bomba (“King of Bombs”)’ 1). Over the years many countries aside from the U.S. and Russia have made Nuclear arms. What is concerning is that since 1945 all the way up to now there have been 125,000 nuclear warheads that have been built (Merchant 1). This is clear evidence that the world was the spectators of the atomic bombs on Japan.

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“Atomic Bomb”. //H// // istory //. Web. 6 January 2015

Merchant, Brian. “Since Hiroshima, We’ve built 125,000 Nuclear War Bombs”. //Vice//. 5 September 2013 Web. 6 January 2014

Tarantola, Andrew. “The Biggest Bomb In the History of the World”. //Gizmodo//. 23 January 2013. Web. 6 January 2014



Cultural- Jesus

The two atomic bombs dropped, called “Fat Man” and “Little Boy”, were the result of the Manhattan Project. Working with the Manhattan Engineer District of the US Army Corps of Engineers, more than 130,000 people were employed to make a weapon that would end the war. However, not all were enthusiastic about this. Leo Szilard, a scientist whose theories advanced the research, wrote to President Truman about the ramifications of using such a weapon for the future. In his letter, he says “Once they were introduced as an instrument of war it would be difficult to resist for long the temptation of putting them to such use"(Fat Man and Little Boy). This view was somewhat held by other scientists, even some in the project who created the bomb. Ray Crist, one of the scientists, still holds the belief that the bomb was a necessary evil, because it might cause death, but without it more deaths would be caused. This, the view it was necessary, with many other opinions, has caused controversy over the use of the bombs and the view of whether is truly was necessary, has caused debates into the next century, and most likely will carry on into the next. Even those who survived the bombings have varying opinions on the bombs, sharing the same ideas of the death of many was repugnant, but still necessary to save many more lives.

“The Fat Man and the Little Boy” americainwwii.com Web. 6 January, 2015

“Manhattan Project” wikipedia.org Web. 6 January, 2015

Historic - Jack Gillette



On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt explaining the efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb. It was shortly thereafter the initiative known as "The Manhattan Project". The Manhattan Project was committed to expediting research that would produce a viable atomic bomb. A massive enrichment laboratory/plant was constructed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Harold Urey and his colleagues at Columbia University devised an extraction system that worked on the principle of gaseous diffusion, and Ernest Lawrence at the University of California in Berkeley implemented a process involving magnetic separation of the two isotopes (Wikipedia). Over the course of six years, from 1939 to 1945, more than $2 billion was spent during the history of the Manhattan Project (US History). Putting together a working atomic bomb was one of the largest and most sophisticated United States government project in the country’s history.

“Harold Urey.” //Wikipedia//. Web. n.d. 5 Jan. 2015.

“The Manhattan Project.” //US History//. Web. n.d. 5 Jan. 2015.