History Of Hiroshima Bombing And Its Impact On The Human - Book Report/Review Example

History Of Hiroshima Bombing And Its Impact On The Human John Hersey wrote his book narrating the incident that occurred in Hiroshima. John strived to explain one of the horrific and historical attacks made by America in 1945 toward Japan. Hiroshima is also a resourceful book that helps us understand why America got involved in World War II thus transforming the world war into an atomic age. In 1914, Germany, France and Britain were the major industrialized countries in the world prior to the occurrence of World War I in 1939 which made them lose their position to America. America was a neutral nation throughout the World War I, and this made the country reap abundantly by dominating the global market of mineral, food and missiles. The Allies members were the largest market of America and this made United States to support the Allies by supplying them with war material to make sure it protected its largest market from being dominated by the Axis alliances. But as antagonism between Allies and Axis continued to prevail it compelled America to shift its strategy from disinterested in world war to preparedness. In 1945 United States had approximately six million people in the army, 80,000 airplanes and 2,500 warships and in the same year America draft the law on September that will help them build a resilient army force. Towards 1943, many factories in America changed from producing the product consumed by civilians to products highly demanded in the war, and this resulted to over two million women securing employment in war industries. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forced America into World War II siding allied, and this was after japan attacked its naval fleet at Pearl Harbor. The big four countries China, Soviet Union, France, Great Britain and United States led by president Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill decided to fight fist Germany as they consider to be the greater opponent and later Japan. On December 8, 1941 Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill asked the congress to declare war against Japan and in that year, America was at war with three countries; Germany, Italy and Japan. WWII was the deadliest war in history and one of the most important war America participated in in the 20th century. It was necessary in determining the position of America in the world as a super power. On august 6, 1945, America’s B-29 airplane bomber dropped the historical world first deployed atomic bomb over the Hiroshima, killing 80,000 people hence resulting in the end of World War II. "There was no difference between civilians and soldiers and that the bomb itself was an effective force tending to end the bloodshed…" (Hersey 89) John Hersey wrote the book Hiroshima in an effective way. John, as the Hiroshima book author, made a distinctive step by elucidating his supreme objective without conveying any personal sentiment or showing compassion toward Hibashuka, or even judging the use of the bomb by America. "There were many dead in the gardens. At a beautiful moon bridge, he passed a naked, living woman who seemed to have been burned from head to toe and was red all over." (p, 51). John Hersey has tried not to convey his personal feeling by describing this condition in a matter-of-fact he never tried to over explain the condition of the dead or even showing sympathy toward the burned woman. The author has used six Hibakusha to enable him collected vivacious information from the incident thus making the book fashioned with primary source hence effective in conveying the real message of what happened in Hiroshima. “I interviewed thirty men and women in all and chose six for his report” (p. 15). He also had published Hiroshima book when the incident was still fresh in everybody’s mind, therefore, his narration was based on firsthand information without distorting the story hence the author’s narration was candid and anybody can easily believe. John also narrated his story perfectly by recognizing and using Japanese honorable characters to demonstrate how they grew from the awful tragedy hence the narration is convincing enough both to residents and non-residents. John never mentioned whether the death caused by nuclear attack was good or bad. However, he reveal through his narration that Hiroshima is a place where noncombatants lived and they were the victims of the terrifying attack thus helping the American and other nations to comprehend the effects of the nuclear bomb to Japanese, physically and emotional. The author demonstrated his strengths by narrating to us the real story without involving personal feelings hence describing the way people in Hiroshima were physically and emotionally affected by radiation instigated by the dropped of the atomic bomb in 1945. The author also did not question whether it was right for America to use the atomic bomb against Japanese hence substantiating himself to be unbiased. Disparagingly, he perceives the bombing of Hiroshima as inhuman and fails to consider the perspective of America in regards to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, hence limiting the audience from forming their opinion. He only makes us to see the situation in Hiroshima than in Pearl Harbor by describing the situation of victim in japan that, "their faces were wholly burned, their eye sockets were hollow, the fluid from their melted eyes had run down their checks" (Hersey 51). History Students in America should be given the chance to read this book thus helping them to form their perspective whether United States did the right act by drop the atomic bomb in japan. Student should also comprehend this book to enable them understand the effects of war on civilians thus making them to use technology better in improving human life than destroying it. The book is important in guiding the students to understand whether it is right for any country to continue manufacturing atomic bombs or should they stop producing these hazardous weapons. It is surprising to know that victims of the atomic bomb remained more or less indifferent after this horrible attack. This is because Hibakusha was too terrified by the incident, and they were not ready to think about it at all. It also because some of the victim such as father Kleinsorge understood and justified bombing of Hiroshima by saying that “It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians” (p.90). Noteworthy, John’s Hiroshima is an interesting and educative monologue that deserves the attention of every scholar considering the enthralling diction that he uses to convey his message while maintaining his impartiality. Works Cited Hersey, John, and Edward Asner. Hiroshima. Auburn, CA: Audio Partners, 1995. Print. Read More