More than fifteen hundred thousand bodies lay dead on the streets of Hiroshima and more than a hundred thousand were injured. According to researchers, the nuclear bomb that was dropped there was made from highly-enriched uranium-235. About sixty kilograms of this element was used in the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan's seventh largest city, on 6 August 1945. It was said that about ninety percent of the city was destroyed. Moving and powerful, Hiroshima is a true story about six people who survived through one of the greatest disasters in history. This novel written by John Hersey tells about these Hibakusha (bomb affected survivors) on the land of Hiroshima. Miss Toshinki Sasaki is a real survivor. She lived with her family in Koi and worked at the East Asia tin works where she was a sales clerk. She dealt with plenty of issues in her life. Impatient, selfish and controversial could describe Miss Sasaki.…
