brutal attacks are only two of the hundreds done to America and other countries by Japan. After doing some research, I now know that Japan is not the innocent civilization tha Hersey tried to convince the reader to believe. Now reading Hersey's works about Hiroshima being bombed, people being injured, witnessing deaths by the thousands, and seeing "soldiers coming out of the hole, where they would have been safe, and blood running from their heads, chests and backs" (Hersey 6), you now know that the Americans had to face the same tortures. The only difference between the two countries at war was that America made Japan suffer in a matter of seconds. Some readers may still side with Hersey's bias beliefs. After researching for myself, I am a lot more understanding of why the bomb was dropped upon Hiroshima. War is a terrible thing that has to take place from time to time. To see innocent people being killed is truly an in humane act. However, as Hersey noted in his book, some of the survivors of the Hiroshima bombing understand as well. Mrs. Nakamura stated "it was war and we had to expect it" (Hersey 89). Even Father Siemes, supporter of "total war," believes that in war, "there was no difference between civilians and soldiers, and that the bomb itself was an effective force tending to end the bloodshed" (Hersey 89). These are people who experienced the bomb firsthand, but they are maintaining the mindset of both perspectives. Now that I have gained the knowledge of both perspectives, I am now able to come to my own conclusions when reading Hersey's Hiroshima. After reading both, I am now able to justify the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima....
