Hiroshima

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Summary: An Argument for Peace
Review: It is difficult for any one who didn't live through the time to comprehend the state of the world during the Second World War. And even if you were alive, it is impossible to relate to the pain and suffering that residents of Hiroshima faced during and after their city was bombed. John Hersey's journalistic account takes us into the lives of 6 people who were unlucky enough to have been there. The writing is graphic, depressing, and unflinchingly honest. It will leave you stunned. And, hopefully, it will leave you wanting to do your bit to make sure nothing like it never happens again.

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Summary: It's all right
Review: It wasn't as depressing as I thought it would be. It started slow, but after that it was O.K. so I would recommend it for people that liked the time period it was in.

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Summary: Hiroshima
Review: What I liked about the book was how it wasn't all bloody. What I didn't like was how it would go to one person and then go to another person then come back to the first person. I would recommend this book to poeple who like to jump around in books.

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Summary: Hiroshima not as depressing as I thought.
Review: I thought that this book was hard to follow in a few areas, but that it altogether was good. It wasn't as depressing as I thought it would be.

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Summary: Hiroshima
Review: This book is an interesting history book. It takes place when United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It gives a real life story of what happened to the civilians living, and dying in Hiroshima, and tells of their point of view of the war. This is an excellent book for everyone to read. It takes you back to when one step, one movement, one thought, meant life or death to those who lived through the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

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Summary: My Review
Review: Hiroshima, by John Hershey, is a great reading experience. The tales of the six survivors of the A-Bomb weave an interesting and thrilling story of what nuclear warfare is like. The discriptions in the book are vivid and thought provoking, giving a graphic, yet accurate depiction of the bombing. I believed the book was an interesting aproach to the horrors of WWII.

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Summary: Hiroshima...
Review: I recommend Hiroshima to anyone who likes history and drama. Its an emotional, realistic account of six survivors of the Aotmic bomb, and its effect on their lives. It takes the in depth journey into that day and lets americans feel its true tragedy.

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Summary: Worth Reading
Review: Hiroshima, a city in Japan was bombed by the United States in 1945 killing about 100,000 people and leaving many lives and homes damaged. The author of this book John Hersey wrote this book on the bombing of Hiroshima and six people who survived this horrible event. These six people are Miss Toshinki Sasaki, Dr. Masakazu Fujii, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Dr. Terufumi Sasaki, and the Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto. These people had to endure much pain by the loss of many people they knew and the destruction of their city. I really liked the book; it had a big impact on me by realizing that these things can happen and did. Some of the quotes that the people have said were bone chilling about the sounds they heard and the people yelling for help and struggling to survive. The United States was wrong for dropping the bomb because it killed many residents of Hiroshima. If a bomb was drooped on your city, what would you do? In this book it tells you what those six people did and what they did to survive and help others. If a bomb hit my city or town i dont know what I will do or have the courage some of the people did. I dont no if I could survive the terror it will bring. The book probably brought back memories to those six people which were probably sick and sad. The book was great and will be one of my favorites. This book will have a long lasting impact on me and would probably have an impact on you too.

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Summary: Hiroshima
Review: The book Hiroshima, written by John Hersey, is a great book to read. The book gives a magnificent portrayal of the struggles that the people of Hiroshima went through after the bombing by the Americans during World War II. The constantly changing point of view, in each section of the five chapters, might be confusing, but it keeps the book moving at a steady pace and makes the reader want to find out what will happen next to each person. The different stories of each suvivor shows how ever person, no matteer if they were rich or poor, young or old, helped as many people as they could, no matter if they were friends or not. Also, the book gives a feeling of almost being there with the people and feeling their pain and suffering from burns, cuts, and anything else that happened to them. The book also shows the people's fear of another attack on the city by the Americans. The changing of characters adds depth to the story, by adding to the main plot. These additions help explain what happened to them during and after the dropping of the atomic bomb. The styles, way of life, and fears that people had during the late 1940's and early 1950's is also greatly displayed within the entire book. The main focus, in some cases, is not the dropping of the atomic bomb, but rather the people coming togther for one cause and dealing with the tragedy of losing loved ones and how they will rebuild there city. Each character also changesin different ways after the horrific events of World War II and the bombing. If I had to recommend a book to a person thats likes World War II history or someone that just likes to read it would definitely be this book. It would be this book cause of the time it took to write and the readability of the book.

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Summary: Hiroshima: A Book of Wirth
Review: On August sixth, 1945, an atom bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, killed 100,000 Japanese people, and left a dent in the lives of many, but six especially. When Miss Toshinki Sasaki, Dr. Masakazu Fujii, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Dr. Terufumi Sasaki, and the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto heard the blast, their lives changed forever. John Hersey did not know what kind of impact his best seller Hiroshima would be. An impact so hard, that if left a mark in many book readers as big as the bomb to Hirsoshima. I felt the deep meaning of this book, after all, many people died. The country of Japan was like a child sitting on a stoop, and the United States bomb like an eighteen wheeler coming straight at the child going 150 M.P.H. The bomb was a symbol of how powerful one thing can be, it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. The bomb is almost like the ultimate sense because it sees peoples faces when it is ready to attack, it smells the fear in the air, it touches us, but it burns like nitro does when thrown through the air. This book reminded me of George Orwell's 1984, Big Brother and the U.S.A. are the godlike enemies, and Winston Smith and Hiroshima, like Toto from the Wizard of Oz, just sitting in a basket. In conclusion, I come back to one quote of the book, when one Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura's children cried, "Itai! It hurts!", and then Mrs. Nakamura said, "There's no time now to say it hurts or not." This showed me that, even though a bomb had dropped, she hadn't lost her sanity, and she had every intention of surviving. This book will be on my shelf for a long time to come.