Hiroshima, By John Hersey - 1718 Words

â€Å"Hiroshima† was published in late 1946 and written by John Hersey. Hersey was employed by The New Yorker to Japan to explore the aftermath of the first atomic bombing done by the US. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber B-29 dropped the atomic bomb â€Å"Little Boy† over Hiroshima, Japan during WWII. He was able to examine nuclear warfare, the short-term and long-term effects, and the testing of humanity. Hersey’s intent in writing this book was to expose the lives of several survivors of the atomic bomb. Hersey interviews and relays the survivors’ story, exploring their lives before the bomb, the initial reaction, and their lives following the bomb. By examining their lives Hersey offers a different perspective to Americans of that fateful†¦show more content†¦Much of the chapter focuses on the damage and confusion around the city. Reverend Tanimoto immediately began helping a woman and child near him who were injured get to an emergency s ite. It was on his return trip, that he realized the amount of damage done. What he thought was just several bombs dropped possibly damaging a â€Å"patch of the city,† turned out to be the majority of the city. Reverend Tanimoto described mass fire, smoke, and dust. Hatsuyo Nakamura was able to pull herself through the rubble of her home and was hastily able to unbury her children. Upon gathering her uninjured kids, they exited out onto the darkened street confused. They fled to a designated evacuation area passing much destruction and cries of injury. Father William Kleinsurage gathered with the other priests in their vegetable garden. Father Kleinsurage and the other uninjured priests attempted to help remove some of the neighbors out of their ruined homes before gathering a few items from their own ruined house. Dr. Masakazu Fuji was initially trapped by beams in the river, but bravely untangled himself. He was able to catch up with a fellow doctor, where they observed th e damage, and inquired about what could have caused the damage, possibly â€Å"Molotoffano hanakao,† a self-scattering cluster of bombs. He recalled seeing multiple fires and helping the few other hospital staff survivors from the rubble. He also recalled feeling hot air causing