Persuasive Essay On The Bomb

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When bombs fall and life as we know it is destroyed, our survival is entirely by chance. Life would go will go on, but at what cost? Whether “hundreds of millions died or just a few major cities were destroyed” life will continue on (Symonds 1). Humans are resilient, so through nuclear fallout and all that follows we will survive, though it is purely chance where we end up and if we have the ability to learn the skills we need to survive, CSIS strategic analyst Anthony Cordesman states “The end of the Cold War seemed to put an end to the need for such thinking, (consequences of an actual nuclear war) but recent developments in north Korea and Iran make it all too clear that there is still need for such horrifying yet ‘realist’ analysis” (Symonds …show more content…

“A stark white flash enveloped their world. Randy felt the heat on his neck” (Pat Frank 94). When the bombs dropped around them it was pure chaos that ensued afterwards. It is at this point that the main character decides to leave for town. On his way he already sees the toll around him, “A minute later he saw a big, new sedan overturned in the ditch, wheels still spinning. He slowed, and saw that the sedan’s front end was telescoped, its windshield shredded” (Frank 97). The book shows that not only did the bombs kill people but that their own panic has led to accidents that also killed them. From the suicides, murders and, the stealing that is taking place, the once peaceful town of Fort Repose is now an area consumed by greed and …show more content…

This could bring the people of comminutes closer together and the people of the world to be friendly to each other. By doing this it could start the world over for the human race hopefully bringing them closer to their fellow man. Making them more conscience of what their actions could affect in the future. In any case there is still the threat of nuclear war happening while the bombs are still out there. While countries say they will not set them off in other countries the threat is still there. The only question that is to be asked if they are not planning on being set off, why were they created? Everything is made for a reason, even if it is for mass

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