Analysis: Barefoot Gen

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Barefoot Gen

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese animation film which written by Keiji Nakazawa in 1945. Barefoot Gen described the Second World War that happened between United States and Japan. Moreover, the story of film taken place in Hiroshima when United States dropped the second atomic bomb. In addition, the film told us how the Japanese families lived in this period and how they suffered from this war, for example, they suffered from the lack of food. However, the main character in this film was a boy six years old lives with his family which his name Gen. His family lived in a poor area and struggled from lack of food. Also, his family contains five members which his father, his mother, his two sisters and his brother. His little brother names is Shinji and his big sister names is Eiko. Also, his second sister names is Tomoko that born during the war. However, his father, two sisters, and younger brother were dead during dropping the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. While Gen and his mother escaped from this war. After few days from attack Gen and his mother tried to help citizens and how ...

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