Biletul nr. 13 Bacalaureat Limba Engleza

Limba Engleza 1-2 ore/saptamana

SUBIECTUL I

Read the text below, identify the main ideas and comment on them:

In the early 1940s more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent lived in the United States. These Japanese Americans were either "Issei" - those born in Japan - or "Nisei" - American-born Japanese. Most lived in California, where they had worked hard and been successful. By 1941, for example, Issei were producing half of California's fruit and vegetables. Others became successful doctors, lawyers, and businessmen.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, white Americans began to see every Japanese American as a potential spy or saboteur. Both Issei and Nisei were threatened and treated badly. Shops refused to sell them food. Finally, in March 1942, the government sent soldiers to take them from their homes to be interned in prison camps called "relocation centers".
Most of the internment camps were in remote, desert areas of the country. Over 100,000 Japanese American men, women, and children were kept in them for the rest of the war. In later years the American Civil Liberties Union called their internment "the worst single violation of the civil rights of American citizens in our history".
The internment of the Issei and Nisei was more than unjust. All the evidence seems to show that it was unnecessary. Thousands of Nisei fought bravely in the American army. And not one Japanese American was convicted of an act of disloyalty to the United States during the whole of the war.

(The Illustrated History of the USA)

SUBIECTUL II

Express your opinion on the following statement: We are all responsible for our own deeds.
Give examples to illustrate your arguments.