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There is no change without bloodshed.; Another one of my [crazy] essays.
Topic Started: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:46 am (827 Views)
Sean
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Prompt:
The Russian poet Alexander Pushkin once wrote that “the most lasting social changes are those that result from gradual improvements rather than from violent upheaval.”

Do you believe that Pushkin’s observation is valid? Write an essay in which you support or oppose Pushkin’s view, using evidence drawn from your studies, reading, personal observation, or experience.


Many believe that history is repetitive, that it repeats itself countless times. When one group of men desire change, they do so, usually, in violent conflicts, skirmishes, or wars. History has repeated itself many times when mankind chose to declare war to trade lives for change. Through this belief, people believe that there is no change without violence. Gradual improvements follow after wars.

Some 1000 years ago, Britain recognized France as a formidable for after the Hundred Years’ War that pitted the British against the demoralized French. The French put their hopes and morale in a young peasant girl named Joan, and pushed Britain back several times. Even after Joan’s death, the French fought Britain and ended the war, but not without the expense of many lives. However, the point here is not about the war; Britain lost the Hundred Years’ War to France in a violent war, with no steady and gradual improvement involved during the war.

After Germany’s defeat and surrender near the end of the Second World War, the Japanese government found it foolhardy to surrender. The Allied Forces knew that Japan would not go down easily. Even with the United States’ tactic of island-hopping, the end of the war seemed very far away. Months later, the Japanese emperor Hirohito convinced the Japanese government to surrender after United States President Nixon dropped two atomic bombs that flattened two cities in Japan, killing many and ruining the lives of many more. Again, there were no signs of a gradual change in World War 2; it took President two atomic bombs to crater two Japanese cities. Had the President not done so, the war may have been won anyway, but not without an even greater death toll. Again, the only change comes from violence.

From the previous two examples, we have twice observed a case where history repeats itself. Twice in history, when mankind desired change, a form of violence was involved. The two instances we saw here trades thousands, if not millions of lives, for change.
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Bravo Sean, these essays are great!
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I totally agree with you. History does indeed repeat itself on countess occassions, and millions of lives worldwide has been the result of that. The bombing in heroshima was totally irrelevant and ridiculous. I found absolutely no point in that except for killing innocent civilians. :angry:
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Amirah
Dec 20 2005, 10:58 PM
I totally agree with you. History does indeed repeat itself on countess occassions, and millions of lives worldwide has been the result of that. The bombing in heroshima was totally irrelevant and ridiculous. I found absolutely no point in that except for killing innocent civilians. :angry:

Though I dont want to argue about WWII, the Japanese were pretty darn stubborn. The bomb was, really, one of the only ways to make Japan listen.
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Amirah
Dec 20 2005, 05:58 PM
I totally agree with you.  History does indeed repeat itself on countess occassions, and millions of lives worldwide has been the result of that.  The bombing in heroshima was totally irrelevant and ridiculous.  I found absolutely no point in that except for killing innocent civilians.  :angry:

that's not true, there were two options: the bomb or a full scale army attack, the full scale army attack would have taken months of jumping from island to island and that would be dangerous since the jungles on the island were perfect ambush places and the Japanese knew that terrain well, it was said that if the full scale army attack happened, there would be more deaths in the Allied side than the deaths in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Like I said, if the US and their allies continued island-hopping while fighting Japan, sure, they'd win, but the death toll would be enormous!
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You writing any more essays soon? Hope you do, this one was better than the Conscience Over Greed essay in my opinion
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Dec 29 2005, 06:43 AM
Hope you do, this one was better than the Conscience Over Greed essay in my opinion

Really? So I guess using TK examples aren't quite the best...It's one of my more knowledgeable topics to write about, however. My next SAT class is in two weeks, so I'll try. I have some topics at home, but I don't really like 'em that much.

Thanks for the feedback, though, everyone.
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Amirah
Dec 20 2005, 10:58 PM
The bombing in heroshima was totally irrelevant and ridiculous. I found absolutely no point in that except for killing innocent civilians. :angry:

Irrelevant? Ridiculous? How so?
It was a neccessary step to win the war.
Unless, of course, you'd rather sacrifice your fellow countrymen for the sake of the enemy :rolleyes:
When a country declares war, it accepts that it's putting its people in danger. You can't put the blame on us for them getting bombed.
And just to keep all the bases covered- we probably wouldn't have built the atom bomb if we weren't sure that the Germans were, too.
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President Nixon? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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