Pearl Harbor is a classic romance film created with the background of WWII complications in the early 1940s. ... According to Pearl Harbor enthusiast Jerry Bruckheimer, "This scene is actually depicted accurately. ... Pearl Harbor sure has its controversy when it comes to inaccuracies in the events of history. It could have done better by giving America more of a heroic standing instead of ending on a note where the Japanese seem to have the winning standpoint. ... The film leaves people with the reminder of what happened at Pearl Harbor. ...

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She clearly was not the right person to raise Pearl and this is obvious in the way that Pearl acts. ... Also it is important to note who the separation from society was supposed to punish. ... She clearly was not the right person to raise Pearl and this is obvious in the way that Pearl acts. ... Also it is important to note who the separation from society was supposed to punish. ... Also it is important to note who the separation from society was supposed to punish. ...

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One must not underestimate Pearl's intelligence though. ... By no means is Pearl an imp. She is a curious child and, until one separates Hawthorne's fictitious references towards Pearl's demonic soul and Pearl's true intelligent nature, a character analysis of Pearl's identity cannot be created. ... In this situation, Pearl is overwhelmed by curiosity, as the entire population of Boston is decked in their finery for a reason that Pearl is not aware of. ... Perhaps she notes her mother's frantic voice and posture as Hester pleads with the men whose wish it is to...

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Pearl would harass her mother over the scarlet "A" which she wore. ... When Hester would go into the town with Pearl, the other children would make fun of her, and Pearl would yell and throw dirt at them. ... Although Hester had so much trouble with Pearl, she still felt that Pearl was her treasure. Pearl was really the only thing that Hester had in life, and if Pearl wasn't in Hester's life, Hester would almost surely have committed suicide. ... And as a final note, Pearl was more then her mother's only treasure; she was her mother's only source of survival. ...

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The brutal, horrific attack on Pearl Harbor came as a complete surprise. ... The crews did not flinch until the last note was sung. ... Pearl Harbor was not mentioned as a likely target. ... Clearly, he knew the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor. ... Note that aircraft carriers are extremely expensive and very hard to replace. ...

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EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE BOMBING Although Pearl Harbor was a great tradgedy in 1941. ... Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. ... Richardson of the Pacific Fleet did not agree with the long stay at Pearl Harbor. ... This sent worry into United States government officials who were afraid that the same thing could happen to Pearl Harbor. On November 22, Admiral Stark suggested to Richardson the idea of placing anti-torpedo nets in Pearl Harbor. ...

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The brutal, horrific attack on Pearl Harbor came as a complete surprise. ... The crews did not flinch until the last note was sung. ... Pearl Harbor was not mentioned as a likely target. ... Clearly, he knew the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor. ... Note that aircraft carriers are extremely expensive and very hard to replace. ...

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The US army sent a last minute message to Lieutenant/General Walter Short and Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel about the note, which did not arrive to Hawaii until after hours of the assault on Pearl Harbor. ... Roosevelt made the "Infamy speech" or more commonly known as the "Pearl Harbor speech". ... A major consequence of Pearl Harbor is an hour after the speech was given, Congress declared war on Japan. This is significant because the US were neutral prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. ... A consequence of the US declaring war because of Pearl Harbor. ...

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As for his illness, it hasbeen cured when Kino first found the pearl. ... "Juana sang softly an ancient song that had only three notes andyet endless variety of interval. ... The song coming from the pearl is similar to that of evil. ... Because the pearl's music so closely resembles that of theevil music, many cannot capture the fact on how the pearl's musicis truly used. ... The pearl's music brings Kino toits captivity, thus proving that the music of the pearl takes theside of evil. ...

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Pearl Harbor was the turning point during the war for the United States. ... The results of the attack on Pearl Harbor were in many ways bad for the United States. ... One author notes the losses in ships as such: By the time the attack was over, every battleship in Pearl Harbor-The U.S.S. ... More than 200 planes stationed at Pearl Harbor were destroyed and over 2,000 men died. ... In conclusion, Pearl Harbor was a turning point for the United States during the war. ...

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Hawthorne notes, "she saw her own face, glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusky mirror in which she had been wont to gaze at it." ... It is highly ironic that Hester's largest signs, the letter A and Pearl herself are the symbols of her sin, but Pearl is also the symbol of her happiness. ... This quote shows that Hester sometimes regrets Pearl's birth. ... Pearl is shown in a negative light, the town viewed her as a child of witchcraft and evil. ... In chapter fourteen by the ocean, Pearl "came to a full stop, and peeped curiously into a pool, l...

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She fans herself whilst I work willingly, my slow heat entering each pearl. ... "Warming Her Pearls " is a work that is structured into a series of six, quatrain stanzas. ... A main image in the poem is when the maid talks about the cool pearls on her own neck, and then transferring the now warmed pearls onto her mistress' "cool white throat " (4). ... When the maid notes at the end that she burns in the absence of the pearls that stay in her mistress' room, she may be hinting towards the fact that she actually burns to be in the bedroom with her mistress as well. When the maid notes...

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This started Admiral Onishi studying the possibility of a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. ... There were airfields all over Oahu and Pearl Harbor itself was narrow and shallow. ... On October 5, Yamamoto himself told a hundred pilots that they were to assault Pearl Harbor. ... Lieutenant commander Suguru Suzuki headed to Honolulu and took a bunch of notes on the American Navy there. ... He gathered aerial shots of Pearl and structural dat...

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Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. ... Richardson of the Pacific Fleet was in full opposition to the long stay at Pearl Harbor. ... The first Japanese bomb was dropped at 7:55 a.m. on Wheeler Field, eight miles from Pearl Harbor. ... Even though the band was interrupted in their song by Japanese planes, the crews did not move until the last note was sung. ... The Pearl Harbor disaster made a tremendous impact on the American People. ...

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It is not that he was not a father, for Pearl was the evidence of the act he committed. ... Children today, share the same emotions and thoughts that Pearl experienced. ... Pearl's view of God was directly shaped by her father. ... It is important to note that even though Dimmesdale is not Hester's husband she views him as the father of her child. ... One interesting note here is that Hester would never share with anyone who had fathered her child. ...

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There were six heavy flattops of Carrier Divisions One, Two, and Five on their way to Pearl Harbor. ... I agree with what Stinnet had to say about the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Roberta Wohlstetter, the author of Pearl Harbor Warning and Decision, felt basically the same as the other authors. ... The Japanese also kept the relevant information about Pearl Harbor quiet. ... On November 26, 1941 Roosevelt sent a note to the Japanese Ambassadors that had proposals for resolving the issues between the two countries. ...

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However, one should note that Hester need not have gone through all those punishments if she had not married without love. ... Besides bringing Dimmesdale down, Hester also brings down Pearl - causing Pearl to suffer along with her. ... In being Hester's source of happiness, Pearl has to suffer along with Hester in being the scorn of the town. Pearl cannot socialize with the children in town or with the public because they see her as the child of the devil. ... Even if Pearl has a chance to assimilate into the society of seventeenth-century Boston, Hester will not allow it because she can...

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Chapter VI: Pearl Pearl is what keeps Hester from giving up from day to day. ... Pearl is and outcast with her mother because anything the people think her mother is the associate with Pearl. ... Pearl is interested with the armor. ... The see Pearl and make fun of her. ... Pearl gets angry and wont listen. ...

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GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING: Character Analysis Griet: "Strangers would think I was calm Only my mother would note the tightness along my jaw, the widening of my already wide eyes." Fairly reserved and quiet natured, however more so on the outside. She doesn't commonly outwardly express her...

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Not coincidentally, for the rest of the story, it is linked to Pearl. ... Likewise, Pearl is the "red-clad" gem of her mother's bosom. Throughout the story, Pearl's beauty is likened to a rose. ... And in this scene, the letter is represented in Pearl twice. ... When analyzing the imagery of light, noting that light is divided into two types is important: Sunlight, which comes from heaven, and firelight, which seems to come from hell. ...

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Symbolically, on another more obvious note, Chillingworth steals one of Dimmesdale's gloves and drops it on the scaffold where sinners are shamed in front of the town. ... Third, Pearl's reaction to Chillingworth shows his true face. ...

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I wish the piece would just flow from my arms, to my hands, to my fingers, and then to the pearls on my keys, producing a fine sweet sound of pleasurable notes. But if I had a wish, a real wish, it would be that I could play without having to practice - that the notes would just seep into my head without me ever having to learn them. ... Months later, when the first time the notes are no longer black marks on paper but a finished and completed piece, I never regret the time that I put into learning it. ... As the first note is struck, all I could feel was relief, and for that moment, the son...

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His daughter, Pearl, is an embodiment of his sin, but she is also a symbol of his love and passion for Hester. ... In front of the whole town, Dimmesdale confesses to being Pearls father. ... The decision to welcome death, rather than abandon the community, helps John make his moral reconciliation, and to end the novel on a happy note. ...

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This attitude majorly changed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. ... Since the Japanese were the one's responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and were one of the allie's enemies, Japanese living in America were prejudged. ... On a more positive note, America's economy was on the rise during WWII. ...

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