Humanities Homework Help

response1

1. The lyrics of the song Fort Minor by Kenji convey the negative effects of internment on the psyche of Japanese by completely telling a story that showed what his family had went through during this time. In the song he described the time when the man and his whole family had to pack up their things in just two trash bags which made their children worry. They all began to wonder if they would be safe or if they would be able to get out of this crowded internment camp. They also talked about how it was very crowded and how they were not to look at the soldiers to long because if they did then they could possibly be killed, “Stop it, don’t look at the gunmen. You don’t wanna get the soldiers wondering if you’re gonna run or not ‘Cause if you run, then you might get shot” You can tell that they did not have a great mindset during this time period because of the war and the horrible conditions of the internment camps.

2. I would not say that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was justified because as you can tell from the song many of these people were just normal business owners or workers in America just living there lives and had nothing to do with World War II. I Know the Japanese during the time were attacking and the government was worried about internal spies which made many people believe that the Japanese people were the enemy but that does not mean that all of the Japanese were involved. The Japanese Americans were not causing harm before they were just working regular Americans they should not have been forced to evacuate their homes.

response 2

1. The lyrics from the song show that the Japanese people during this time were very worried and thought the worst thoughts while in the internment camps. In the song the man that it is focused on, you can tell that he is trying to keep his family informed but not worry them too much, he talks about how they are keeping hope that they will get out of this camp soon and that it is only temporary. In the song it states, “Try not to worry ’bout it being so crowded ‘Cause someday, we’ll get out Someday, someday” This shows that they were miserable while at the camps because of the amount of people but where trying to stay positive so that they did not have to ruin there mindset.

2. I do not think that the internment was justified, however I do understand that the president was just trying to protect our country. During this time things were very different which made it easy for the president to just decide to declare executive order to force the relocation of all Japanese since the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was just trying to protect the people of America during World War II, but he should have done something differently so that they would not have to put innocent people in these harsh internment camps. In the song you can see the hardships that this innocent family had to overcome at the expense of World War II, and in the end they never made it out alive which is sad.

response 3

Title: “US accuses Russia of ‘dangerous’ behavior after anti-satellite weapons test”

Source: Gabbatt, Adam. “US accuses Russia of ‘dangerous’ behavior after anti-satellite weapons test”. Support The Guardian. 15 November 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/15/us…

Synapsis: Russia did a anti weapons test in space, the result caused many pieces of the satellite that they blew up to fly free. This caused the astronauts at the US space station to prepare for emergency evacuation. It has been said that this is not the first time Russia has done dangerous space acts. “The US military is increasingly dependent on satellites to determine what it does on the ground, guiding munitions with space-based lasers and satellites as well as using such assets to monitor for missile launches and track its forces.” (Gabbatt). The anti-satellite weapons also raise questions for building things in space in the future, will they be tampered with or destroyed?

Opinion: I believe that any sort of warfare practice in or out of space should raise some concern. The fact that Russia has been doing this for years and not only in space means they are preparing for anything. In addition space is marked as a place where there is no warfare but Russia is preparing for anything. I feel that the US is being a little hypocritical because we have done the exact same thing, the only difference is we were safe about it.