Durring World War advancemetns in Technology aided each sides of the war. Advancements where made in almost every aspect of war. Weapons, transportation, and others, advanced greatly durring this time. In post wars the high power guns were limited. The war tecnhniques were also differnt from fighting in lines which would be easier to kill the opponet. In the movie "The Lost Batalion" it took place in trenches or holes the have dug to get an advantage. The trenches made it harder to defeat the opponet, and took longer to advance.
Before WWI both sides in the war would stand in a line and take turns shooting at eachother. If you were close to someone, they would use Musketts because of there inability to be accurate. Because of the simplicity of this war, it made it very easy to make advances in every aspect.
With the advancements of technology, alot of things were advanced.Trenches wher use for protection. Machine guns killed more people because of the raipied shooting. Gas bombs were use to reach the trenches for a way to move the enemy or kill them. In the movie when they are trapped waiting for reinvorsements to come. The American group had to battle off the Germans. The American troops dug holes for protection. the Germans used powerfull gun (rifels) when the Americans tired to get water. the technology through the wars help give each side advantages untill the other does the same or better.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Book blog
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place during the great depression in the little town of Maycomb, Alabama. This book focuses on Scout Finch, her brother Jem and her dad Atticus, a well known lawyer of the town. Scout and Jem become friends with a boy named Dill who comes to Maycomb every summer to stay with his aunt. These kids are all very suspecious of their neighbor Boo Radley. The adults are very hesitant to talk about him and very few have ever seen him. Over two summers the kids find that someone is leaving them little presants in a tree outside the Radely house, Boo seems to be trying to show the kids gestures but to their dissapointment they never see him. At this time Atticus takes a case with a black man, Tom Robinson who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white young lady. Scout and Jem are always faced with kids calling them names and making fun of them because their dad is representing an african american. During the trial Atiicus establishes that Mayella Ewell and her father Bob Ewell, the town drunk are both lying. Despite the evidence that Tom is inocent the jury convicts him. Tom is eventually shot when trying to escape from prison. Bob Ewell is out for revenge, he spits in Atticus' face in the streets and eventually goes after Scout and Jem on Halloween night. Jems arm is broken during the struggle and a mysterious man carries him home, this man is Boo Radley. The police find Bob Ewell dead and dont know whether to blame Boo or even Jem. Eventually they just say that he fell on his own knife. Scout walks Boo home and as he dissapears regrets not repaying him for the gifts he left the kids in the tree.
Harper Lee grew up in Alabama. She faced a lot of racial issues just like in her book. Her father was a lawyer just like Atticus and her mother rarely left the house because she had some mental disabilities. Her mothers maiden name was also Finch, which is where she got the name in the book from. Many of thes events that happened in this book came from events that actually were similar to what happened in her life. Harper attended Law school and eventually went to school in New York and this is where she ended up writing the story To Kill A Mockingbird.
I think that To Kill A Mocking bird is very accurate when displayhing historical information of this time period of the 1930's. This book shows a lot of racial injustice and how racist people really were during this time. There were many unfair trials during this time just like Tom Robinsons. It was not fair how African Americans were treated and this book was a good representation of it. The Ku Klux Klan was a big group during this time and there was a riot the night before the trial where the KKK was involved. The Great Depession was also going on at this time. Atticus was left trying to find cases and trying to pay his bills. This was happeneing to many people during this time because unemployment was so prevelent and times were hard. This book really showed the hard times people faced during the 1930's.
To Kill A Mockingbird influenced many people during the time it came out. This book lead to people seeing African Americans differently and even helped the Civil Rights movement take bigger steps in the problem with racial injustice. This book was introduced to many schools to teach younger kids lessons about what really happend and why it shold have never happend. Alabama was a very segregated state and people knew that. The trial that was shown in this book made people realize that these needed to be changed and everyone should have equality.
Harper Lee grew up in Alabama. She faced a lot of racial issues just like in her book. Her father was a lawyer just like Atticus and her mother rarely left the house because she had some mental disabilities. Her mothers maiden name was also Finch, which is where she got the name in the book from. Many of thes events that happened in this book came from events that actually were similar to what happened in her life. Harper attended Law school and eventually went to school in New York and this is where she ended up writing the story To Kill A Mockingbird.
I think that To Kill A Mocking bird is very accurate when displayhing historical information of this time period of the 1930's. This book shows a lot of racial injustice and how racist people really were during this time. There were many unfair trials during this time just like Tom Robinsons. It was not fair how African Americans were treated and this book was a good representation of it. The Ku Klux Klan was a big group during this time and there was a riot the night before the trial where the KKK was involved. The Great Depession was also going on at this time. Atticus was left trying to find cases and trying to pay his bills. This was happeneing to many people during this time because unemployment was so prevelent and times were hard. This book really showed the hard times people faced during the 1930's.
To Kill A Mockingbird influenced many people during the time it came out. This book lead to people seeing African Americans differently and even helped the Civil Rights movement take bigger steps in the problem with racial injustice. This book was introduced to many schools to teach younger kids lessons about what really happend and why it shold have never happend. Alabama was a very segregated state and people knew that. The trial that was shown in this book made people realize that these needed to be changed and everyone should have equality.
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