Part one
The biggest takeaway that I have gotten from this book is
the importance of unity at times when people are helpless. The Japanese people
have shown solidarity in dealing with problems caused by the atomic bomb. The moment
the bombs were dropped the hospitals were overfilled by people who were
suffering from injuries from the atomic bomb or were dying because of the
radiations from the bomb. The doctors have tirelessly helped their patients at
all times even when the hospitals run out of resources. Above all, some of the doctors died as a
result of the bomb or got injured. But upon that score both the doctors and the
Japanese people who survived had shown a
lot of sacrifice in helping their people. The religious leaders also played a
good role in stretching a hand to injured people. for instance, father
Kleinsorge consoled the injured and provided them with water and. Many of the
injured becaome too weak and father Kleinsorge and Mr. Tanimmito protected the
people from the encroaching fire or falling into the river.
Part two:
Listening to the podcast furnished me with something that I didn’t
know before. The only thing that I use to hear from my high school was only Hiroshima
but now I realized that bombings were the order of the day. According to Dan
Carlin “The logical insanity” gives us a picture of how the situation was. he
claims that the bombing continued even before the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima.
And what happened was something was really expected to happen.
Part Three.
Our ability as citizens is limited as far the decision-making
is concerned. And I believe we live in a world that is risk and problems can be
expected anytime. Many countries have nuclear weapons, even more powerful than
the 1945 bombs. We also have bad leaders who may not think enough about the repercussions
of their actions. If war starts at any time, we just expect for the worst. I pray
that all the atomic bombs on the earth turn to water or other harmless things
so that what happened to japan in 1945 will not be seen happening again to innocent
people.
As you said, it is very true being citizens we are not the ones making the decisions at the time of bombing. Our role is only to undergo the pain and sufferings at the hands of politicians.
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