October 3rd, 2020 
WRITE IN FULL SENTENCES AND SHORT PARAGRAPHS
1)What is important about the movie’s opening scene with the Japanese sailors? How does it create context for the film?
2)Brothers details a number of parallels between the events at the end of World War II and scenes in the movie. What connections is he pointing out between the real events and the film?
3)Why did Ishiro Honda deliberately make the physical injuries and scarring to victims “far less shocking and graphic than the real thing” (par.26)? What is the ultimate effect?
4)Brothers asserts that Godzilla is more about people than a monster. In what ways is this true? How does Godzilla the monster function as a representation of the very real fear of atomic destruction as well as the trauma of humiliating defeat in war?
You will need to reference the “Japans Nuclear Nightmare: How the Bomb Became a Beast Called Godzilla” by Peter H. Brothers; This article can be found in the “Monsters a Bedford Spotlight Reader” Textook by Andrew J. Hoffman
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