In the New York Times there was a article "First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan; Missile Is Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT; Truman Warns Foe of a Rain of Ruin"" by author Sidney Shalett that is closely related to the book "Hiroshima" by John Hersey. There are a few comparisons and contrasts between the book and the article. One comparison noticed was that both of the stories show that it was a devastating event yet there was good that came from the destruction brought by the events on that day. Another comparison was in both stories they talk about how big the explosives were. Some contrasts noticed was that the article was very factual and didn't really tell of ones emotions to the bombing and the book was about six citizens who experienced and survived the bombing. There was also one more contrast and that one is that in the article it seems like they made the warnings clear but in the book it seems like they were almost being toyed with.
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Starting off with the first similarity is that in the article and in the book, good actually came of the bombing even though it was disastrous. Most of the Japanese saw it as a horrible event with 200,000 people dead, but they never saw the whole outcome. The good for the Japanese came as they surrendered without loosing all of their pride, also one small plus is they've gotten better land "was a blanket of fresh, vivid, lush, optimistic green". The Americans found their good from this by almost the same way as the Japanese. They got it from winning/ending the war and also they were very excited about being able to control and use the atoms (quote).
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Also another comparison that involves both stories is that they both talk about how big the explosion was. Maybe not in the same sense but both descriptions of the bomb makes it seem unimaginable. The way they describe it in the book is not by size but as in destruction how it put the whole city in flames and how it kept expanding and traveling.
Hiroshima was a fairly large Japanese city with 350,000 people in it. ... Hiroshima was the first of 2 cities targeted for atomic attacks. ... " an unnamed Hiroshima survivor recalls. (Expect a Rain of Ruin 235). ... One month after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. ...
It was unusually hot in Hiroshima on this late summer morning in 1945. ... Hiroshima was the first city ever to be devastated by an atomic bomb. ... Hiroshima was one of them. ... At exactly 8:16:02 am, Hiroshima time, the bomb exploded over the city. ... The only proof some people actually existed were their shadows that were burnt into the walls of ruined buildings. ...
The atomic bomb wiped out 4.1 square miles of Hiroshima. ... The fireball sucked up millions of tons of dust and debris and formed a mushroom cloud that rained radioactive material on the city. ... Of Hiroshima's forty-five hospitals only three were standing. ... If they do not know except our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth." ... It was more powerful than the one dropped in Hiroshima. ...
The first atom bomb was dropped on August6, 1945, on Hiroshima, Japan. ... He also said that if the Japanese leaders did not accept the allied terms of surrender, "they could expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." ...
In result of the immense power withheld in the twenty thousand tons of TNT Hiroshima went up in flames. ... (No High Ground, P.99-100) Two different types of bombs were sent to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Hiroshima bomb was known as a gun-barrel-type atomic bomb. ... When the bomb was dropped upon Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 it devastated 10 miles. ... Compared to the Hiroshima A-bomb, the one used in Nagasaki was larger in diameter and rounder so it was called "Fat Man." ...
On August 6th, 1945, the US dropped the first Atomic Bomb named Little Boy on Hiroshima, which housed the Second General Army Headquarters. Hiroshima was also an important communications and transportation center. ... Truman went on to say, "If the Japanese did not now accept the Postdam Declaration, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the likes of which has never been seen on this earth" (Maddox, 130). Although the officials in Tokyo heard that a catastrophe had struck Hiroshima within an hour after the blast, they did not learn until the following day that the whole city of Hir...
Less than a month later, on August 6, 1945, a similar weapon was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing around 70,000 people, thus proving the power of such a weapon to the world. Then President Harry Truman soon after made a statement, in which we warned Japan to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." ... The negatives of nuclear weapons can clearly be seen from the deaths at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the constant fear of destruction they bring. John Hersey, writer of Hiroshima, sums it up this fear by saying, "What has kept the...
She did not want war at least; she had no intention of engaging in one. Then, she was compelled. Threats came and she had to defend her territory, her people, and her status. The compulsion was enough to awaken her from her sleep. She took her stand in readiness for an attack. She attacked and final...
