Free Essays on Godzilla to Get Inspired & Learn by Example

In the wake of World War II, the world was beset with two new and significant threats – the threat of Communist Russia (in keeping with the start of the Cold War) and the newfound terror of nuclear power and the atomic bomb. Given the world-destroying power that the A-bomb visibly inflicted on the people of Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the impending threat of socialism on the newly-minted capitalistic superpower of the United States, the early 1950s was a time of great tension and apocalyptic fervor for both West and East alike.
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Movie 1: The Life of Oharu

1) Throughout The Life of Oharu, Oharu is forced to navigate a world that gives her little choice but to be a concubine. Oharu never truly achieves agency, being thrust from one unwelcome situation to another, from mistress-hood to marriage to prostitution to religious service, never truly achieving real freedom. While she does her best to overcome these obstacles, the oppressive nature of Japanese feudal society never really gives her the chance to succeed. 2) Oharu’s fate as a woman demonstrates how harmful the feudal era of Japan was for women; the only way to ascend socially was Continue reading...