Horror And Shock In John Hersey's Hiroshima

John Hersey's 1946 report, "Hiroshima," chronicles the experience of six Hiroshima survivors. The horror and shock in the immediate aftermath of the atomic bomb unfolds through the eyes of two doctors, two women, a clergyman, and a priest. Each of these individuals began their day the same as every other day. As an illustration, the mother cared for her three children, and the young female clerk reported to work. One doctor enjoyed the morning paper; meanwhile, another performed lab duties at the hospital. The German priest read a Jesuit magazine, and the clergyman conducted church duties. In an instant, with an atomic flash, the world of each of these people irrevocably changed from the ordinary to a world of unspeakable emotional and