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HiroshimaHiroshima

By John HerseyBy John Hersey

Overview of SlideshowOverview of Slideshow

Background of John Background of John HerseyHersey

Story of Hiroshima’s Story of Hiroshima’s publicationpublication

Facts about the Facts about the Atomic Bomb and Atomic Bomb and the events the events surrounding its usesurrounding its use

Main charactersMain characters

John HerseyJohn Hersey

Born on June 17, 1914 Born on June 17, 1914 in Tientsin, China.in Tientsin, China.

Graduated from Yale Graduated from Yale and Cambridge then and Cambridge then began a distinguished began a distinguished writing careerwriting career

Won the Pulitzer Prize Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for in 1945 for A Bell for A Bell for Adano Adano

Publication of Hiroshima

Originally appeared Originally appeared in in The New YorkerThe New Yorker on Aug. 31 1946 as on Aug. 31 1946 as a long articlea long article

Story was later Story was later published as a novelpublished as a novel

Last chapter added Last chapter added in 1973in 1973

The Manhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project

Pres. Roosevelt was Pres. Roosevelt was warned by Einstein warned by Einstein in 1939 about in 1939 about nuclear research by nuclear research by the Nazisthe Nazis

M.P. started in 1942M.P. started in 1942 by FDR by FDR

Manhattan Project Manhattan Project

First nuclear First nuclear reaction in 1942 reaction in 1942 (Fermi @ U of (Fermi @ U of Chicago)Chicago)

U-235 created in U-235 created in 1945 in Oak Ridge1945 in Oak Ridge

July 16,1945 first July 16,1945 first nuclear test in White nuclear test in White Sands NMSands NM

The Little BoyThe Little Boy

Created with U-Created with U-235235

The bomb The bomb dropped on dropped on HiroshimaHiroshima

Dropped on Aug. Dropped on Aug. 6 1945 by the 6 1945 by the Enola Gay at 8:45 Enola Gay at 8:45 a.m.a.m.

City of HiroshimaCity of Hiroshima

City of HiroshimaCity of Hiroshima

Japan’s 7th largest Japan’s 7th largest citycity

Had not been Had not been bombed yetbombed yet

Headquarters of Headquarters of Japan’s second Japan’s second armyarmy

Factories for war Factories for war materialsmaterials

Facts about A-BombFacts about A-Bomb

Blast equaled Blast equaled 15,000 tons of TNT15,000 tons of TNT

Detonated about Detonated about 1000 feet above the 1000 feet above the ground (hypocenter)ground (hypocenter)

Hiroshima surprised Hiroshima surprised because of only one because of only one B-29 plane seen B-29 plane seen that morningthat morning

CharactersCharacters

Miss Toshiko Miss Toshiko SasakiSasaki

Dr. Masakazu Dr. Masakazu FujiiFujii

Mrs.. Hatsuyo Mrs.. Hatsuyo NakamuraNakamura

Dr. Terufumi Dr. Terufumi SasakiSasaki

The Reverend The Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Mr. Kiyoshi TanimotoTanimoto

Father Wilhelm Father Wilhelm KleinsorgeKleinsorge

Miss Toshiko SasakiMiss Toshiko Sasaki

A clerk for the A clerk for the East Asia Tin East Asia Tin WorksWorks

Chatting with a Chatting with a co-worker co-worker when the when the bomb bomb explodedexploded

Dr. Masakazu FujiiDr. Masakazu Fujii

Dr. who owns a Dr. who owns a private hospitalprivate hospital

Just sat down toJust sat down to

read the read the paper paper

when the when the bomb explodedbomb exploded

Mrs. Hatsuyo NakamuraMrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura

A tailor’s widowA tailor’s widow She was looking She was looking

through her through her kitchen window kitchen window when the bomb when the bomb explodedexploded

Father Wilhelm KleinsorgeFather Wilhelm Kleinsorge

A German A German Jesuit PriestJesuit Priest

He was reading He was reading a magazine in a a magazine in a cot when the cot when the bomb explodedbomb exploded

Dr. Terufumi SasakiDr. Terufumi Sasaki

A young A young surgeonsurgeon

He was walking He was walking along a hospital along a hospital corridor when corridor when the bomb the bomb exploded.exploded.

The Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi TanimotoThe Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto

Pastor of the Pastor of the Hiroshima Hiroshima Methodist Methodist Church.Church.

He was unloading He was unloading a cart of clothes a cart of clothes when the bomb when the bomb explodedexploded..

Looking BackLooking Back

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

- Robert Oppenheimer

Supervising Scientist Manhattan Project

Looking BackLooking Back

The Dropping of the A-Bomb has remained a very controversial subject

Was it necessary? What were the

results?

The EndThe End