Atomic Cafe....3-16/ March 20

I. We are now beginning a section on atomic weapons and things of that nature.

II. Today we were able to move on from the boring technology unit. We started watching a movie called Atomic Cafe. The whole jist of this movie is to describe the atomic bomb, how it was used, how it was tested, and the effect it had on the world. MAuch of the movie focuses on the bombing of japan and the following years of the 1950s.

III. I found it interesting how the A-bomb had such a huge impact on the culture of the 1950s.

IV. I want to know wheree A-bombs were later tested after trinity.

V. I feel that it was right for the US to have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It seemed as if the only way Japan would unconditionally surrender would be if they were attacked and defeated in Japan, which would kill many people, or bomb Japan.

VI. Journal