The Japanese are incredibly sensitive to the actions taken by their nation during the war.
While Germany has been unable to shake the specter of its past, Japan seems to have been able to
reinvent itself. In what ways did this book (re)introduce to you the horrors perpetrated by the Japanese
during WWII?
Monday, August 1, 2011
Question 2
According to the New York Times reviewer discussing Unbroken:
On a number of small but dubious points she (Hillenbrand) gives him a pass: Could a neighbor really have sewn back on a toe Zamperini severed during a childhood accident? Would a family so poor that it shot rabbits to feed the children also have owned a car? More seriously, she rarely forces him to reach. “Unbroken” offered her an unusual chance to study and dissect a man who had undergone extreme duress. But virtually everything about Zamperini is filtered through her capable yet rather denatured voice, and we don’t really hear him. So, while a startling narrative and an inspirational book of a rather traditional sort, “Unbroken” is also a wasted opportunity to break new psychological ground.
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
On a number of small but dubious points she (Hillenbrand) gives him a pass: Could a neighbor really have sewn back on a toe Zamperini severed during a childhood accident? Would a family so poor that it shot rabbits to feed the children also have owned a car? More seriously, she rarely forces him to reach. “Unbroken” offered her an unusual chance to study and dissect a man who had undergone extreme duress. But virtually everything about Zamperini is filtered through her capable yet rather denatured voice, and we don’t really hear him. So, while a startling narrative and an inspirational book of a rather traditional sort, “Unbroken” is also a wasted opportunity to break new psychological ground.
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Question 3
What do you admire most about Zamperini? What special strengths enables him to survive the plane crash and POW ordeal?
Question 4
Consider your response to question #2 and please read the brief article on the link below: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/10/040510fa_fact
How do you think the global community views the United States in light of reports from Abu Ghraib? Were the United States soldiers justified in their use of torture at Abu Ghraib?
How do you think the global community views the United States in light of reports from Abu Ghraib? Were the United States soldiers justified in their use of torture at Abu Ghraib?
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