He wanted a play to be an academic experience rather than an entertainment event, making the audience reflect on the historical lessons to be learnt rather than the moral or social implications which may occur in other plays. ... The parable educates people the value of sacrifice, similarly as to how Jesus died on the cross for mankind. ... "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" shows the hardship of villages both before and after World War II, it illustrates the communist regime, and how people needed it so land could be accessed by all and ownership disputes kept to a minimum. ...

• Word Count: 1133
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hachiya recorded from a colleague related the story of four middle school students who huddled together in the street, and were so badly burned from the blast that they themselves knew that they would soon die. ... What I had believed before was that, like mentioned above, people too close to the hypocenter immediately died, and all others suffered prolonged internal effects later in life, years after the bomb, like tumors or terminal diseases. ... I received yet another life lesson from the reading: I completely understood the sentiments of the Japanese civilians of World War II. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate