Part One:
All the characters are most
impactful and interesting. Among them, the character has been the most
impactful and interesting to me would be Dr. Sasaki. Because the work he is
doing for the people who needs treatment is amazing. In page 24: “Of a hundred
and fifty doctors in the city, sixty-five were already dead and most of the
rest were wounded. Of 1780 nurses, 1654 were dead or too badly hurt to work. In
the biggest hospital, that of the Red Cross, only six doctors out of fifty were
able to function, and only ten nurses out of more than two hundred”. Among all
of them, Dr Sasaki was only one who was uninjured after explosion. He grabbed
all the bandages and start to patching people up. He starts to patch up as many
people as he can. There were thousands of people and only one him. He kept
patching people who are bleeding to death with no stop.
Part Two:
Found this link, it has some basic
information about how the nuke are today compared to 1945. The atomic bomb
dropped on Hiroshima code named “Little boy”. It caused widespread destruction,
leveled cities and killed 90,000 – 166,000 people in Hiroshima. Lots of people
were affected by the radiation. Today’s nukes are 3000 times as powerful as the
bombs dropped on Hiroshima. So think what can do when it dropped today? Today,
we hear in news other countries have nuclear and planning to test it. Nuclear
bomb raises lots of questions in people’s head. How people are safe today
knowing there is nuclear bomb out there?
The uncertainty with todays weapons is unsettling with how powerful nuclear weapons are developing. The flame of peace memorial in Hiroshima stands for the desire to abolish nuclear weapons and for world peace. The sculpture symbolizes the victims palms facing upwards unable to quench their thirst for water. The sad fact is the flame will probably never be extinguished in the fact of reaching world peace.
ReplyDeleteThis is close to the question I came up with too, rather I questioned, "can nuclear weapons keep you safe?". I researched about that on my journal if you want to check that out, but I personally think no. No one's safe. At least I don't feel safe. Knowing that a country has the power to almost wipe out a whole city and injure/harm thousands more is very unsettling to me. How do I know that I won't be the one person right at the center of where the bomb drops? The bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima had the heat level of 10832 degrees Fahrenheit. Can you imagine that? I literally sob when it the temperature is 95 degrees out. So no, Its a sad reality we have to live with.
ReplyDeleteA bomb 3000 times as massive as the atomic bomb we dropped on Hiroshima is crazy! I can't imagine why someone would want to ruin and kill that many innocent people with something so destructive. Didn't even know it was possible for a shadow to be engraved from such a strong heat. Good research Prem.
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