Assignment Two: Objectives two and three

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Emma Rafferty                                                                                                                        May 2008

                                              Assignment Two: Objectives two and three

1. Source A is an extract from a book called Waiting for the all clear published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the blitz. Because the source was published 50 years on, in 1990, it is not very reliable. The source isn’t reliable because its purpose is to celebrate, the information doesn’t give the whole picture, it only shows the positive side as it was meant to be joyous. From this source I can learn that during the blitz you didn’t have to wear a uniform to be a hero which suggests that many everyday people could be described as a hero if   they had morale and helped people out, showing that you didn’t have to work for the government to ‘help out’. The source has an overall positive tone and infers that British people had a good positive response to the blitz.

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2. Source B is useful in helping me to understand the effects of the blitz because it is a reliable photograph taken after a bombing at Catford Girl’s School. The photograph is reliable because it isn’t staged and was censored by the government, if it was faked it might no have been banned. Source B shows soldiers surrounding body-bags. The source has a negative tone showing bad effects of the blitz. Source B was censored from the public, this suggests that the government thought it might dampen morale in Britain. The photograph is dated 21st January 1943, which means it ...

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