Little Boy Narrative

I had heard the reports and saw the newspapers but I didn’t expect this kind of devastation to happen so suddenly. The United States was making threats and I knew they weren’t going to go about this quietly. The years that followed this shocking day in the city of Hiroshima were just as degrading. The morning of August 6th, 1945 started out normal. I was about to leave my house to go to work after waking the kids up to have breakfast. Suddenly a bright flash of amber yellow light appeared through the windows. A horrific ringing screeched all around and when I held my head to try to block the noise, I felt blood trickling from my ears. I ran to the front door to check on my wife who had recently gone out to get the mail. The door slammed shut …show more content…
He told me that a U.S. plane dropped the bomb known as “Little Boy” in hopes to end the war quickly. I don’t know how he was in the spirit to be laughing but he found it quite humorous that they would name a bomb “Little Boy” when it had such a big effect. I blamed it on the heat getting to his head. He went on to tell me that the bomb exploded 2,000 feet above the city, destroying five square miles in each direction. It made a blast equal to 15,000 tons of …show more content…
People also showed symptoms of nerve problems such as dizziness, insomnia, and other sicknesses due the immense amount of exposure. I was told that almost all had recovered from the symp¬toms 5 months after the bomb had hit. Approximately 20% of the tragedies were from injuries due to the blast, approxi¬mately 60% from burns to the skin, and the re¬maining 20% were due to radiation effects. Besides the physical injuries, almost all of us in Hiroshima suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and to this day we are left feeling anxious about the world we live