| Hiroshima Essay, Research Paper
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, southwestern
Honshu, Japan. Hiroshima has warm, humid summers with July
temperatures. Hiroshima caught the attention of the world when a
U.S. plane dropped the first atomic bomb on the City, destroying
it on August 6,1945. The Atomic bomb blast in 1945 obliterated
three- fifths of the city within seconds and killed about 75,000
people. At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the mourning,
on August 6, 1945 Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic
bomb flashed above Hiroshima.
At the time of the blast:Mrs.Huts Nakamura, a tailors
widow stood by the window of her kitchen, watching a neighbor
tearing down his house because it laid in path of an air-raid
defense free lane . Mrs. Huts Nakamura, who lived in the section
called Nobori-Cho got her three children, a ten year old
boy,Toshio, an eight year old girl yoke, and a five year old
girl, Mohawk out of bed and dressed them and walked with them
to the Military area known as the East Parade Ground. There she
unrolled some mats and the children laid down on them. They
slept until about two, when they were awakened by the roar of
the planes going over Hiroshima. As soon as the planes had
passed, mars.Nakamura started back with her children. They reached
home a little after two-thirty and she immediately turned on the
radio, which was broadcasting a fresh warnin!
g. She put the children in their bedrolls on the floor, laid
down herself at three o clock, and fell asleep at once. The
siren jarred her awake at about seven o clock, she arose and
hurried to the house of Mr.Nakamoto, the head of her
neighborhood Association and asked him what she should do. He
told her to remain at home unless an urgent warning. The
Prefectural Government convinced, everyone in Hiroshima that the
city would be attacked. Their house was 1,350 yards or three-
quarters of a mile, from the center of the explosion. Timbers
fell around her as she landed and a shower of tiles also fell
on her; everything became dark and she became buried. She heard
a child cry Mother,help me! and she saw her youngest child,
Mohawk the five year old buried up to her chest and unable to
move. As Mrs.Nakamura started Frantically to claw!
her way toward the baby, she couldn t see or hear anything of
her other children.
Mrs.Nakamura always was a strong person, she never thought
of the worst and always hoped for the best. Here is an example
of her strength, Mrs.Nakamura, although she was too ill to walk
she managed to return to Hiroshima alone, by electric car to
the outskirts, by foot from there. Mrs.Nakamura cared for her
children and everyone else. Her attitude was always pushing for
the good never wanting to give up. Mrs.Nakamura said,(she needed
nothing more to make her give up thinking, in spite of the
atomic bomb, that Japan still had a chance to win the war).
Mrs.Nakamura helped everyone through this time including herself.
Weakness occurred after the bomb had dropped. Mrs.Nakamura, who
had suffered no cuts or burns at all, though she had been
rather nauseated all through the week she and her children had
spent as guests of Father Kleinsorge !
and the other Catholics at the Novitlate. Mrs.Nakamura began
fixing her hair and noticed, after one stroke through her hair,
that her comb carried with it a whole handful of hair. Three
or four days past, she became bald and began living indoors,
practically hiding. Mrs.Nakamura daughter, Mohawk woke up feeling
week and tired and they both stayed on their bedrolls. Her son
and other daughter, who had shared every experience with her
during the after bombing, felt fine. They did not realize it,
but they were coming down with the strange, capricious disease
which became known as radiation sickness. Mrs.Nakamura laid
indoors with Mohawk. They both continued to be sick, Mrs.Nakamura
realized that their sickness was caused by the bomb. Mrs.Nakamura
was too poor to see a doctor and never knew exactly what the
matter was. Without any treatment at !
All they began to feel better. All the children had lost a
little hair but were well.
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima prefecture,
southwestern Honshu, Japan. The Atomic bomb blast in 1945
obliterated three fifths of the city within seconds and killed
about 75,000 people. Mrs.Huts Nakamura, with her ten year old
boy Toshio, eight year old girl Yoke, and a five year old girl
Mohawk were strong through the whole situation. I chose
Mrs.Nakamura because she was a very strong and caring person who
never gave up for herself and her children. I also chose
Mrs.Nakamura because she is the one character who kept me
interested in the book. That is why I chose Mrs.Nakamura
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