The horrific events that transpired on August 6, 1945, caused immense trauma to the Japanese citizens affected by the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A year after the explosion, many survivors were trying to regroup when John Hersey was approached to by the New York Times to do an article on the events that occurred in Hiroshima. Hersey decided to use the opportunity to gain a humanistic perspective on the events that transpired. From interviewing those who had experienced the traumatic event, Hersey was able to publish an expose on the lives of those affected. The journalistic account of the survivors of the bomb was soon published as a novel that gained critical acclaim and revered as one of literary importance. However, the style
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The article, Hiroshima, was capable of giving readers an insight into the events that plagued those involved in an unbiased way, allowing the readers to formulate their own opinions through the objective tone in the article.
In Hiroshima, Hersey avoids any biases by focusing solely on the facts that happened during the event. When introducing the characters and the situation each person endured, he remained a neutral tone so that the events that occurred could be explained on its own without adopting his attitude in the novel. For instance, when Miss Sasaki was crushed by the bookshelf, “The ceiling dropped suddenly and the wooden floor above collapsed in splinters and the people up there came down and the roof above them gave way; but principally and first of all, the bookcases right behind her swooped forward and the contents threw her down, with …show more content…
While at times the article felt dragged out and difficult to comprehend when a shift in characters occurred, Hersey’s main purpose was to keep the reader interested with the different character changes. Therefore, the reader would be curious about what happened to the character in the following pages when a shift in characters occurred. In addition, to remain unbiased Hersey had to show both perspectives from the War because during this time period the results from the atomic bomb were focused on the winners of the war and not the problems that occurred to those who had been bombed. By showing a different perspective, readers understood the ramification around nuclear warfare and that the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki should not be repeated due to the extensive damage that
The article, Hiroshima, was capable of giving readers an insight into the events that plagued those involved in an unbiased way, allowing the readers to formulate their own opinions through the objective tone in the article.
In Hiroshima, Hersey avoids any biases by focusing solely on the facts that happened during the event. When introducing the characters and the situation each person endured, he remained a neutral tone so that the events that occurred could be explained on its own without adopting his attitude in the novel. For instance, when Miss Sasaki was crushed by the bookshelf, “The ceiling dropped suddenly and the wooden floor above collapsed in splinters and the people up there came down and the roof above them gave way; but principally and first of all, the bookcases right behind her swooped forward and the contents threw her down, with …show more content…
While at times the article felt dragged out and difficult to comprehend when a shift in characters occurred, Hersey’s main purpose was to keep the reader interested with the different character changes. Therefore, the reader would be curious about what happened to the character in the following pages when a shift in characters occurred. In addition, to remain unbiased Hersey had to show both perspectives from the War because during this time period the results from the atomic bomb were focused on the winners of the war and not the problems that occurred to those who had been bombed. By showing a different perspective, readers understood the ramification around nuclear warfare and that the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki should not be repeated due to the extensive damage that