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Document Analysis:

I would characterize the letter as derogatory. To me, it sounds as though Sidney doesn’t care as much as he might have needed to or wanted to.

The Japanese are portrayed negatively in this love letter from Sidney. His diction such as “guerillas” and “nip” hold a negative connotation tethered with them.

Sid described his exchanges with an old man and Filipino boy very vaguely. At first I could not find where a Filipino boy came into his letter but on further examintion he described his exchanges as they’d “turn out with tears of joy and a great shout of ‘Mabachai’”. He described the old man as unknowing. Sid says that he’d say something to the man and the old man would reply with taking his hat of and saying “Hai.” Hai means- or at least to Sid- “Yes sir”.

Film analysis:

The filmmakers wanted the audience to react with awe and disbelief. The film goes into detail about one mans war story of heroism and how the “Japs” were shelling civillian targets.

The film does appeal to emotion. It made me feel a little upset because of what the Japanese did.

People mostly tried to do the right thing and there were no cell phones to be able to call home while at war so families were left in the dark.

The film leaves one question unanswered: why did the americans go to Manila.

It shows how the men felt about the situation. You can hear the mans voice, facial expressions and body language change depending on which part of the story he was in.

CH 24

Roosevelt won the 1932 election because of his promise of this “New Deal”, causing reform after the great depression.

The new deal steered the nation towards reform due to it multiple legislative acts to better the economy

They criticized the New Deal because they believed more acts would make the economy worse than letting things work themselves out

It created a backdrop for people if there is no jobs and no money because they want people to have a chance to survive.