Hiroshima Bombing Effects

Human life is precious in the sense that it is all about survival. There are qualities found in humans that make survival possible. In the book Hiroshima, by John Hersey, readers experience the core of humanity found in the six survivors during the days, months, and years following the atomic bomb. Through inspiration, perseverance, and a sense of community, the Japanese people demonstrated the strength of the human spirit.

     The book, Hiroshima, is the story of six individuals who experienced the true effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Miss Toshinki Sasaki, a clerk in the East Asia Tin Works factory, just sat down in the plant office and was turning to converse with the girl at the next desk when the bomb exploded. Dr. Masakazu Fujii, a physician, was relaxing on his porch, which overlooked the Kyo River, where he was reading the morning periodical when the shell detonated. Before the eruption, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was observing her neighbor destruct his house as part of a fire lane in preparation of an American attack. Previous to the attack, Father

The non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey is an engaging text with a powerful message in it. The book is a biographical text about lives of six people Miss Sasaki, Dr. Fujii, Mrs. Nakamura, Father Kleinsorge, Dr. Sasaki and Rev. Tanimoto in Hiroshima, Japan and how their lives completely changed at 8:15 on the 6th of August 1945 by the dropping of the first atomic bomb. The author, John Hersey, through his use of descriptive language the in book Hiroshima exposes the many horrors of a nuclear attack.

“We have to protect our Earth, so our children and grandchildren will never suffer like that,’ she said. And she looked ahead. ‘Maybe nuclear weapons won’t be abolished while I’m alive,’ she said. ‘But I will never give up.” (Hanley, NBC News). August 6, 1945 at 8:16 in the morning, the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on thousands of unsuspecting people in Hiroshima, Japan. Not only did this catastrophic event kill thousands of civilians, but it also resulted in other nations obtaining and learning how to create these deadly weapons, weapons that we still have today. In the book Hiroshima by John Hersey he gives readers a new look at that day, through the eyes of six victims who survived the horrific attack on Hiroshima, he shows how the entire city of Hiroshima suffered, and were left alone to fend for themselves.The book Hiroshima by John Hersey, sheds light on the immense dangers of nuclear warfare, and the government's responsibility for its people, affected by a war they aren’t fighting in.

In the book Hiroshima the author illustrates this city’s most tragic point in history as well as its residence’s lives before, during, and after the horrific drop of the atomic bomb. The pain of over one hundred thousand lives were compressed and expressed through six different stories told by this reporter. The extreme range of direction their lives take can be seen by the contrasting examples between Miss Toshiko Sasaki and Dr. Masakazu Fuji. Toshiko Sasaki began as a clerk before the bombing happened; she was deeply into her family and even had a fiancé. On August 6th of 1945 the bomb

Imagine you are standing in a city in Japan overlooking Hiroshima. Smoke in the distance and everyone frightened at the scene. Buildings collapse by the dozen and people rushing to their houses. You get inside and check the news Hiroshima was bombed. In 1945 the U.S. dropped 2 bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to stop Japan. The bombing of Hiroshima made an important impact on our history and culture.

Although historians may argue that the economically dropping the bomb on japan got us out of world war II, because it saved american lives.

However, the discussion of whether the bomb should have been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki still continues. What would happen if the bombs were never dropped? Was it right to incinerate not only soldier, but also innocent civilians? These rhetorical questions may never be answered, but analyzing the effects and possible theories could lead to a conclusion. Furthermore, Hiroshima illustrates the personal incidents to help the audience understand and feel the individual’s physiological and emotional trauma: to cause the reader to feel like they are personally at Hiroshima or

On December 7th, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, causing it to become one of the most infamous days in American history. Although numerous Americans grieve the event each year, many people do not know what caused the tragedy to occur.

Within minutes, the entire city of Hiroshima is completely obliterated just because of a single bomb on the 6th of August, 1945. “Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence” said Australian journalist, Wilfred Burchett. That alone is devastating enough but this bombing affected more than just that particular city-- it shook the entire globe. This bomb is the most influential bombing in history because of just the fact alone that it had the ability to make individual people “vanish” into thin air, it was the first shot in the Cold War and it changed an entire country’s society.

The establishment of the “Manhattan Project” lead to the creation of the first atomic bomb in the world. However, President Truman, took the roll of authority of the production and the usage of the atomic bomb. For the reason that The United States was seeking reprisal on Japan for the ambush of Pearl Harbor. The atomic bombs lead to an immense sum of innocent Japanese deaths and horrible diseases. The atomic bombs left a big impact in the Japanese empire; also effected the Japanese at the time of the atomic bomb and the generation following. There were several manners that led to the use of the atomic bomb, yet the usage of the atomic bomb caused a lot of negative effects for the people of Japan.

The book Hiroshima by John Hersey is, to me, one of the most captivating literary works to date. This nonfictional book centers around the lives of six survivors— two women, two doctors, a Reverend, and a Father— of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Throughout the book, the author traces their lives before, during, and after the massive bombing that killed nearly three-fourths of Hiroshima’s entire population. The book’s setting, Hiroshima bombing in 1945, is a significant element in the story as it shapes the tone, mood, and vividness of the book, altogether making it a fascinating story.

“Hiroshima”, written by author John Hersey is based on the real life events that occurred on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan. During these final stages of World War II, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Hersey captures the experience of six survivors, and the events of that day. Nearly four decades later he travels back to the city in search of the survivors and tells of their present lives, post-war. The purpose of the novel was to connect others with their humanity and to recognize the devastation faced by ordinary people.

Both authors succeed in making their case. In the case for Maddox, he successfully shows how the ignorance and stubbornness of the Japanese’s Ketsu-Go operation meant that a war would ensue for much longer, if the bombs had not been dropped. He also states the other options Truman could have chosen, such as a blockade or an invasion, but would ultimately lead to the deaths of numerous American and Japanese troops; by the dropping of the atomic bombs, only a small fraction of the estimated death toll would have been impacted. Maddox also successfully points to the need for the second bomb on Nagasaki. He refutes historians who argue the second bombing as “needless barbarism” by stating how the Japanese government would minimize the effect of

"an enthralling, gripping account of bloody battles, huge decisions, and historic personalities that culminated in decision to drop the atomic bomb and brought the war in the pacific to its climactic end. A masterful, meticulously researched work that captures the barbarity of the war waged by those who swore allegiance to the japanese emperor-and by those who crushed the military might of the rising sun."