Critique and Review of “Black Rain”
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This is a 5 page paper reviewing the novel and the film “Black Rain” and discussing its success or failure in artistic merit. “Black Rain” has a unique place in the post-war Japanese and world literature in that it does not focus on the politics surrounding or the immediate events after the atomic bomb on Hiroshima but instead focuses on the human issues and traditional values which were affected by the event for years afterward. Author Masuji Ibuse wrote the novel in 1966 and was not intending on selling the rights to a movie until he met with the pacifist film maker Shohei Imamura who in 1989 managed to make an accurate portrayal of the recollections of survivors as based on the works within Ibuse’s novel. Both the novel and the film are considered to be successful and unique of their humanist and traditionalist views of Japanese life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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David Christian’s Article on Trans-Civilization/Trans-Ecological Routes
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A 2 page overview of the article published in the Journal of World History. Notes that this article is far more than just another history article. Emphasizes that instead it is an observation of the ecological destruction which went hand in hand with silk roads, that series of trade routes linking China, Europe and Africa. No additional sources are listed.
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Defining Organizational Change
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A 5 page paper discussing some of the reasons for and mechanisms of organizational change. America's discovery of Japanese cars was the first real indication that American manufacturing would have to change in order to keep up, but it was discovered that accomplishing that change involved far more than just doing things differently than in the past. It was also necessary for management attitudes to change as well. Today, the principles described by Kurt Lewin in the 1940s are as true as they were then, and management at the most successful of companies has discovered that lasting and beneficial change occurs when management sets the stage, but employees lead the implementation of change. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Demographic Rates Of India And Japan: Comparison
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6 pages in length. Current demographic rates of India and Japan reflect a significant separation in population that helps outline the reasons for various concerns each nation might have. Indeed, it is difficult to believe that Japan's populace can be so easily overshadowed, however, recent 2001 estimates clearly show that India's inhabitants outnumber Japan's by the multi millions, which ultimately impacts every other demographic aspect of both nations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Determining the Course of History in 19th Century China & Japan
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A 5 page paper which examines what determined the course of histories in China and Japan during the 19th century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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