Analysis: Barefoot Gen

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In ‘Barefoot Gen ', there are two images that really got my attention. The first was when the atomic bomb was being dropped on Hiroshima. We see the bomb moving downwards from the sky with a parachute attached to it. Behind it in the background is the city of Hiroshima. We also see four vertical canals from this top image of the city, and the bomb is heading towards the intersection of the third and the fourth canals. The way the bomb was slowly approaching the ground made me very nervous because I knew what damage it is going to cause, but at the same time I could not visualize it. I felt extremely unhappy and tensed because the only thing I was thinking about were the people at the city and the consequences they are going to suffer the moment …show more content…
We see them in this brown, burnt skin colour lying on the street. Their background is the street floor which is yellow in colour because of the light accumulating from the bomb. We also see bits of their skin and clothes being torn from their bodies in an upward direction towards the sky where there is this great source of energy and radiation that came from the bomb. I really felt sorry for them because of how innocent they are. I put myself in the mother’s place and felt miserable and heartbroken because I knew the only thing going through her mind at that instant was what was to become of her child. I was also wishing they would just immediately die without having to suffer or go through the pain of being burnt …show more content…
Her wide open eyes and mouth show terror and panic. To her right is one of the men, wearing a black shirt with gloves and a red helmet, and is trying to grab her in order to take her diamond necklace. What first amused me is the fact that the spaceship looks like an underwater picture of the titanic. The way the girl stood on the side of the spaceship made me anxious because I felt like she was going to fall off any second. I also felt grief-stricken for her since she was a little girl stuck on the outer part of a spaceship with older men trying to capture her. Another image that got my attention was the one with the girl falling from the sky. She is lying down in a horizontal position as she slowly moves towards the earth. There are also vertical light rays passing next to the clouds, and we can also see her blue diamond necklace shining as bright as a star over her neck. This image appeared very religious to me because I felt that the girl had some sort of a mystical connection while the diamond was on her neck. Also in my opinion, I feel like the doors of heaven have opened up to this girl and all I can hear is very gentle winds in my ears. That religious feeling that I get gives me goosebumps of deep calmness and

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