For your history project, you need to write a magazine article about the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Your teacher gives you
copies of real articles from American and Japanese newspapers from
the era. You notice that the American newspapers call the American
soldiers heroes, but the Japanese newspapers call the Japanese
kamikaze pilots heroes.
What can you infer about this assignment?
O Your teacher wants you to examine how point of view influences hero selection
Your teacher wants you to see that some newspapers are more accurate than others.
O Your teacher wants you to examine how the meaning of words changes over time.
O Your teacher wants you to see that not everyone understands the definition of a hero.