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Surviving the drop cloth of an atomic bomb and trying to live a normal spiritedness later on such a tragic event, is the most difficult refinement anyone can achieve. Hiroshima, by John Hershey takes us into the memories of six survivors that made it through the attack and how they managed to get their life back together. Forty years after the bombing many survivors were st ailing haunted by the horrifying event, yet as time went on they were willing to share their experiences and let the public know that they made were alive and survived. On August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb to be dropped on a city destroyed Hiroshima, lacquer and its people. Mr. Tanimoto, the pastor of the Hiroshima Methodist Church, was uninjured and with the help of Father Kleinsorge, a Jesuit priest, they managed to get people to safety at Asano Park a cloistered estate on the outskirts of town. They consoled the wounded and also brought water for those who needed it from the river. Among those th at were ill from the radiation of the bomb in Asano Park was Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, a tailors widow, and her children. Miss Toshinki Sasaki, a youth clerk, is suffering from a leg interrupt and wont be treated until weeks after the explosion. Dr. Masakazu Fuji, a physician, is ineffectual to aid anyone else after the bombing due to his minor injuries when he overleap into the river and was squeezed between two large timbers. On the other hand, Dr. Terufumi Sasaki, a young surgeon, remains the only uninjured doctor in the Red torment Hospital and tends to the wounded, unable to leave his spot and or get catch ones breath for months after the explosion. Weeks after the bombing Japan begin to rebuild its city, further a new terror strikes radiation sickness. The victims of the radiation sickness, such as Mrs. Nakamura us... ... eer receive help from my people as well if I was ever in a situation similar to what happened to Hiroshima. In my opinion, I call up that the book was intended for teens and adults because of the authors great use of resource and detail. Also I believe that to have a better judgement of why Hiroshima was bombed, we would need to have background knowledge of WWII and what Japan did to the coupled States to make us use the atomic bomb on their city. I think that the major theme in this book is the people of Hiroshimas will to survive. This book shows how people react in a crisis and what they chose to do to rebuild their lives. It also demonstrates the human spirit and our will to live on even after we face so much death and disaster. endurance is a key that will help us get cede to our normal lives, so that we will be able to achieve great goals in the future.