What do we owe each other?
“The world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.” (DiFranco) Although it may seem it’s the world's fault for the horrific positions and places people are in, it’s not the world’s fault it’s in fact the very people that fulfill it. Everybody owes someone something whether they think so or not. Everyday speculative judgements, scientific claims, and religious beliefs are stated that go against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), sometimes without even being known.
There are many examples in the UDHR of which connect to the book Hiroshima. One example is...“Everyone is free and equal and we should all be treated the same way.” This is obviously not the case in the book. Before the dropping of the atomic bomb and even after, countless and racially unfit stereotypes were made. A bunch of stereotypes were put on Americans after they dropped the bomb out of the B-29 plane because it was sought to that they could have done something much less harmless. That’s mainly because all of the people were doing normal everyday things, like reading a newspaper, looking out a kitchen window, etc. Today in society it just goes to show that no matter what you do someone is going to have something to say. We owe each other the right to be ourselves.
Another example is...“Everyone is equal despite differences in skin colour, sex, religion, language.”
This is too not the case in the book Hiroshima. Japanese people seem not equal to Americans because they were against them in WWl. That represents that because of their religion (even if they have nothing to do with the war) they are perceived to be bad people. In twenty-sixteen, people are judged for their skin colour, and sex. Issues like people that are transgender make other people really question who they are. We owe each other the right to be ourselves no matter how different.
As well as...“No one has the right to hurt you or torture you”
In Hiroshima, this idea is out plain and clear. It’s going against the UDHR because the Americans are hurting and torturing the Japanese. All of people’s belongings were buried under piles of rubbish which made them hard to get to, people needed their belongings to survive. So in the big picture of things the Americans were killing Japanese and because of the way they did it makes it so torturing. We owe each other the right to be kind.
Lastly...“The law is the same for everyone, it should be applied in the same way to all”
It’s true, the law does say in writing that things are the same for everyone but no one ever applies it that way. Everyday citizens bully other people because of one thing they see. The very men and women of police departments across the world don’t even follow the law sometimes so it’s undeniable that laws are applied the same way to all. In Hiroshima everyone was focused on winning the war by military means and not by what the law said to do. We owe each other the right to follow the rules and not be judged if we do.
Overall, people owe one another a lot of things, it’s never ending if you really think about it. The UDHR is a thing but it will never be followed because you simply can’t change a human's mind. It’s too complex, it’s just down right confusing. There will always be conflicts in the world and human beings just have to really consider before they say or do something. That’s the best chance we have at giving people what we owe.
“The world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.” (DiFranco) Although it may seem it’s the world's fault for the horrific positions and places people are in, it’s not the world’s fault it’s in fact the very people that fulfill it. Everybody owes someone something whether they think so or not. Everyday speculative judgements, scientific claims, and religious beliefs are stated that go against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), sometimes without even being known.
There are many examples in the UDHR of which connect to the book Hiroshima. One example is...“Everyone is free and equal and we should all be treated the same way.” This is obviously not the case in the book. Before the dropping of the atomic bomb and even after, countless and racially unfit stereotypes were made. A bunch of stereotypes were put on Americans after they dropped the bomb out of the B-29 plane because it was sought to that they could have done something much less harmless. That’s mainly because all of the people were doing normal everyday things, like reading a newspaper, looking out a kitchen window, etc. Today in society it just goes to show that no matter what you do someone is going to have something to say. We owe each other the right to be ourselves.
Another example is...“Everyone is equal despite differences in skin colour, sex, religion, language.”
This is too not the case in the book Hiroshima. Japanese people seem not equal to Americans because they were against them in WWl. That represents that because of their religion (even if they have nothing to do with the war) they are perceived to be bad people. In twenty-sixteen, people are judged for their skin colour, and sex. Issues like people that are transgender make other people really question who they are. We owe each other the right to be ourselves no matter how different.
As well as...“No one has the right to hurt you or torture you”
In Hiroshima, this idea is out plain and clear. It’s going against the UDHR because the Americans are hurting and torturing the Japanese. All of people’s belongings were buried under piles of rubbish which made them hard to get to, people needed their belongings to survive. So in the big picture of things the Americans were killing Japanese and because of the way they did it makes it so torturing. We owe each other the right to be kind.
Lastly...“The law is the same for everyone, it should be applied in the same way to all”
It’s true, the law does say in writing that things are the same for everyone but no one ever applies it that way. Everyday citizens bully other people because of one thing they see. The very men and women of police departments across the world don’t even follow the law sometimes so it’s undeniable that laws are applied the same way to all. In Hiroshima everyone was focused on winning the war by military means and not by what the law said to do. We owe each other the right to follow the rules and not be judged if we do.
Overall, people owe one another a lot of things, it’s never ending if you really think about it. The UDHR is a thing but it will never be followed because you simply can’t change a human's mind. It’s too complex, it’s just down right confusing. There will always be conflicts in the world and human beings just have to really consider before they say or do something. That’s the best chance we have at giving people what we owe.