'Mr. Fujii's Essay Hiroshima'
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Within the definition of a research essay, they are many essential points listed to arrive at a complete and fulfilling product. These components seem to include obvious ideas such as including critical thinking, evaluating sources, and developing an organized draft. There is not one point in the definition or in the writing process of a research essay where a writer is suggested to use personal anecdotes or detailed experience of those affected by the writer’s topic. However, the research essay “Hiroshima” defies this stereotype and still delivers a persuasive and well-written topic. The essay “Hiroshima” includes personal stories from individuals such as Mr. Tantimoto’s struggle and stamina to save individuals throughout Asano Park, Dr. Fujii whose emotional battle lead him to feelings of depression and suicide, or young Miss Toshiko’s heartbreaking loss of her family. It is these kinds of stories that a typical research essay would …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the research essay "hiroshima" defies this stereotype and delivers a persuasive and well-written topic.
- Analyzes how hersey's unique and descriptive reporting of the aftermath of hiroshima leaves readers with something other than the ideas of "the power or on the wisdom of using it."
- Analyzes how hershey adds personal anecdotes and specific data facts to justify the difficult times of six individuals who survived the atomic bomb.
- Analyzes how john hersey uses humanity as a strength in his writing. his descriptive passages develop pathos and allow humanity to take control.
This is developed in Hersey’s passage about a brave man name Mr. Tanimoto. “Mr. Tanimoto’s way around the fire took him across the East Parade Ground, which, being an evacuation area, was now the scene of a gruesome review: rank on rank of the burned and bleeding” (Hersey). This is just one graphic description that is left in the minds of readers after reading Hersey’s unique and descriptive reporting of the aftermath of Hiroshima. With the story of individuals such as Mr. Tantimoto, the readers are left with something other than the ideas of “the power of the weapon or on the wisdom of using it” (Shorto). Sometimes we write research essays to justify why an event happened or how a community can build and thrive from an experience. With these descriptions, the author allows Hiroshima to speak for
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how john hersey's "hiroshima" is an alluring piece coupled with an underlining, mind grabbing message.
- Analyzes how john hersey reveals to the reader the devastating impact, both physical and psychological, of atomic warfare.
- Analyzes how john hersey explains the effects of radiation on the survivors of the atomic bomb.
- Analyzes how john hersey exposes the emotional impact of atomic warfare in his book, "hiroshima." miss sasaki, who was left trapped, disabled and severely injured by the bomb, suffered more in the long haul, as the overwhelming feeling of being hopeless was a permanent psychological scar.
- Analyzes how john hersey uses the story of mrs. nakamura to expose the emotional impact of the atomic bomb on hiroshima.
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- Analyzes how peter h. brothers' "japans nuclear nightmare" compares the movie godzilla to a devastating period in japan's history: the atomic age.
- Analyzes how peter h. brothers appeals to ethos when he explains how honda tied the movie back to the era that japan will never forget.
- Analyzes how brothers appeals to pathos when he says that godzilla's impact on the japanese film industry benefited the industry.
- Analyzes how peter h. brothers' article appealed to ethos and pathos to make it easier for the audience to establish if there may be a direct correlation between the bombing and the movie godzilla.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how john hersey writes hiroshima to inform the american people about the suffering of the victims, and to help them understand the atomic bomb from the lens of those affected.
- Analyzes how john hersey shows that the atomic bomb is merciless by explaining the effect of the bomb on children.
- Analyzes how hersey uses vivid details to describe the aftermath of deployment of the bomb, successfully allowing the reader to sympathize with those affected.
- Analyzes how "testimony of yoshitaka kawamoto" is an anecdote of his experience of the atomic bomb. he uses horrific, accurate images to persuade the reader that the bomb caused nonsensical ruin to hiroshima.
- Analyzes how harry s. truman authorized the atomic bomb in "truman informs the nation that an atomic weapon has been detonated in japan" from a biased position.
- Analyzes how hersey uses chilling imagery for his explanation of the bomb dropping on hiroshima and narrates without his opinion, allowing the reader to interpret the horrors brought to japan independently.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the 10,000-pound atomic bomb on hiroshima changed the innocence of america and how millions of people view war.
- Analyzes how peter schwinger's article argues that america has lost its innocence and that hiroshima will never be forgotten by the people because it will always have a spot in history.
- Analyzes how americans were drowning in propaganda to the point that made the situation seem as if they were only attacking the enemy.
- Explains that the books gave americans a sense of the terrible human cost, and allowed them to see the japanese as human.
- Analyzes how the article introduces the atomic bomb victim and the pilot of the plane who drooped the first bomb on hiroshima.
- Analyzes how schwinger states that if america mourns nothing else, it must mourn, at some level, a loss of innocence, emphasizing that america has crossed the line and is at the point where it cannot come back
- Analyzes how the situation of hiroshima was a result of "disneyfication" and how that caused americans to misrepresent the events.
- Explains that peter schwinger is an english emeritus professor at the university of mount st. vincent university.
- Opines that the bombing of hiroshima is one of those events that can’t be forgotten because of how horrendous and tragic the results were.
966 wordsRead More - Hiroshima by John Herseyanalytical essayThe non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey is an engaging text with a powerful message in it. The book is a biographical text about lives of six people Miss Sasaki, Dr. Fujii, Mrs. Nakamura, Father Kleinsorge, Dr. Sasaki and Rev. Tanimoto in Hiroshima, Japan and how their lives completely changed at 8:15 on the 6th of August 1945 by the dropping of the first atomic bomb. The author, John Hersey, through his use of descriptive language the in book Hiroshima exposes the many horrors of a nuclear attack.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how john hersey's non-fiction book hiroshima exposes the horrors of a nuclear attack through descriptive language.
- Analyzes how john hersey exposes the physical impact of a nuclear attack on the human body and suggests we should never let this happen again.
- Analyzes how hersey's book hiroshima exposes the physical impacts right after the bomb and weeks and years after it.
- Analyzes how hersey exposes the psychological impact of an atomic bomb in hiroshima. dr. sasaki and mr. tanimoto were left wondering why they survived.
- Analyzes how hersey exposes the emotional impact of a nuclear attack in his book hiroshima.
- Analyzes how hersey exposes to the reader the physical, emotional, psychological and structural damage caused by a nuclear attack.
1442 wordsRead More - Persuasive Essay On Hiroshimaanalytical essayIn the article “My Son, You Must Remember: Hiroshima and Nagasaki in William Styron’s Lie Down in Darkness” by Virginia Nickels, she reflects on William Styron who was a Marine officer during World War II. Remembering his fear approaching the Japanese invasion and recalling that 17,000 of American soldiers have already died. Nickels uses the book Lie Down in Darkness to show how not only the Japanese felt about the bombing on Hiroshima but also how the Americans felt. This show a very large difference because some Americans at the time didn’t even know that this atomic bomb had been built while others perceived the atomic bomb as the most versatile tool of the 20th century. For example, “Winkler cites one farmer’s letter inquiring as to where he could purchase a small atomic bomb to remove tree stumps from his fields, as a dynamite proved unsatisfactory” (Nickels 8). This is showing how some Americans are taking the bomb as almost a joke. Whereas, on the other hand, “particularly Berger’s identification of the inherent evil in mankind and Harry’s regret over the loss of Japanese lives”(Nickels 6). This is showing how some Americans post war did feel a sense of guilt for all the lives lost and how their attacks no longer held to their original innocence. Due to such a difference in feelings
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- Explains that the morning of the atomic bombings on hiroshima and nagasaki was like any other morning in the city. some survivors showed hatred and anti-american feelings towards the situation.
- Narrates how john hersey visits hiroshima and interviews 6 survivors of the atomic bombings. mr. tanimoto was a methodist priest who saw the devastation and injured people.
- Analyzes how lieutenant william b. walsh was curious about how others felt about the bomb in hiroshima. he also talked to john downer, who was similar to mr. tanimoto.
- Analyzes how virginia nickels uses the book lie down in darkness to show how the japanese felt about the bombing on hiroshima and how they forgave the u.s.
- Analyzes how the japanese continue to show their anger at the end of the war, but also show happiness that it's over.
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- Analyzes how the readers are exposed to japanese culture through each of the six survivors, regardless of their nationality, as they stitch their lives back together after the atomic bombing of hiroshima on august 9, 1945.
- Explains that japanese-style hospitals were for patients' mental and physical health. after the bombing, hospitals began to redevelop to please economy and society.
- Analyzes how the emperor in japan is the symbol of the state and the unity of people, as seen in kiyoshi tanimoto's letter to an american and in the six survivors despite their nationality.
- Explains that the atomic bomb changed the mindset of "xenophobic japan" with a near death experience for them.
- Analyzes how japanese culture transformed due to the dropping of the atomic bomb on hiroshima, which can be recognized through the development of japanese-style hospitals, obligation toward japan, and xenophobia in japan.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the radiation that infected the air of hiroshima and nagasaki lends a physical manifestation to the idea that japan was literally haunted by the atomic bomb.
- Analyzes how tamiki hara's world, the world of the survivor, is one of uniform emotional boundary, challenged and restricted by the horrors he had experienced and their lasting imprints upon his life.
- Analyzes how hara's story about killing ants serves as a microcosmic example of this unity.
- Analyzes how hara's piece portrays the ways in which the survivors of widespread disasters are often victims themselves.
987 wordsRead More - Hiroshima (Hersey) And Night (Wiesel)analytical essayIn the book Hiroshima, author paints the picture of the city and its residents' break point in life: before and after the drop of the "Fat Boy". Six people - six different lives all shattered by the nuclear explosion. The extraordinary pain and devastation of a hundred thousand are expressed through the prism of six stories as they seen by the author. Lives of Miss Toshiko Sasaki and of Dr. Masakazu Fujii serve as two contrasting examples of the opposite directions the victims' life had taken after the disaster. In her "past life" Toshiko was a personnel department clerk; she had a family, and a fiancé. At a quarter past eight, August 6th 1945, the bombing took her parents and a baby-brother, made her partially invalid, and destroyed her personal life. Dr. Fujii had a small private hospital, and led a peaceful and jolly life quietly enjoying his fruits of the labor. He was reading a newspaper on the porch of his clinic when he saw the bright flash of the explosion almost a mile away from the epicenter. Both these people have gotten through the hell of the A-Bomb, but the catastrophe affected them differently. Somehow, the escape from a certain death made Dr. Fujii much more self-concerned and egotistic. He began to drown in self-indulgence, and completely lost the compassion and responsibility to his patients.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how dramatic events in our lives force us to re-evaluate and redefine ourselves. the books night by elie wiesel and hiroshima by john hersey illustrate how the usual lifestyle might un-expectantly change.
- Compares the lives of miss toshiko sasaki and dr. masakazu fujii in the book hiroshima.
- Narrates how relays the everyday horror of the shattered by the war life, and how they would've handled the situations they dealt with without them.
- Opines that the "kill or be killed" philosophy of war pushes the people it touched to the limit and beyond.
- Opines that ordinary men are forced to deal with extraordinary circumstances. admiral william frederick halsey jr. led vigorous campaigns during world war ii.
- Analyzes how sister toshiko's selfless life creates a sound example of someone who turns to god and helps others. the night tells the story of how w.w. ii cornered and crushed the innocent.
1432 wordsRead More - The Benefits of Dropping an Atomic Bomb on Japananalytical essayAngelina Jolie said, “Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to windows, without it, there is no way of life.” On August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a small city whose death toll rises to 90,000-166,000. On August 9th, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, 60,000–80,000 . In total, 15 million people lost their lives during the duration of the Second World War. In John Hersey's book, Hiroshima, he provides a detailed account of six people and how the bombing of Hiroshima affected their lives. John Heresy felt it was important to focus his story on six individuals to create a remembrance that war affects more than just nations and countries, but actual human beings. Moreover, the book details the effect the bomb had on the city of Hiroshima. “Houses all around were burning, and the wind was now blowing hard.” (Hersey, 27). Before the bomb, there existed few laws to govern the use of a weapon of this magnitude because of the complexity and modern technology that the bomb used. To address the fears of the use of the atomic bomb, new laws were created to govern its use. The atom bomb should have been dropped on Japan in order to prevent the further use of such a destructive force.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how john hersey's book, hiroshima, provides a detailed account of six people who lost their lives during the second world war.
- Analyzes how john hersey's book, hiroshima, discusses the immorality, justification, and consequences of the atomic bomb.
- Argues that the bombing of hiroshima provided the world an unprecedented ability to research the catastrophic side effects of nuclear weapons.
- Analyzes how the atomic bomb brought the united states and japan together.
- Opines that it is important to analyze the topic of preventing the use of nuclear weapons. john hersey provides a satisfactory description of the atomic bombing.
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