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