Paper 2
Changes in Pressure
It was a moment of impact from which life will never again be the same. As described in the “Hiroshima Diary” by Michihiko Hachiya the people of Hiroshima’s lives were forever changed by the drop of an atomic bomb as they found themselves in sudden silence and disarray. A catastrophe is defined as a sudden and widespread disaster. The moment the atomic bomb hit it changed the lives forever beyond any and all expectations. One sudden disaster, a few seconds of peace all followed by confusion and disarray. They were looking for hope where there may be none and where there may be no answers. The long lived effects were seemingly never ending. On a fresh calm morning, it started with a light, a flash. Awakening from the rubble with complete shock Hachiya found himself without clothing covered in debris. Upon leaving his home and into the street as Hachiya attempts to find clarity he describes “I had tripped over a man’s head. Excuse me! But there was no answer he was dead” (Hachiya 108-109). As he approached the hospital to seek assistance with his injuries and to help other with theirs, he sees the people as “walking ghosts” (Hachiya 110). In shock not knowing what they had experienced and suffering from various injuries they all approached the hospital looking for help. Their injuries were not just external there were many no wounds at all. Their symptoms ranged from cuts and scrapes to nausea, diarrhea, and unexplainable hemorrhages. The people were also not just injured but stunned in an instant disaster had overcame everything they once loved. This moment of impact effected their health, their home, and their lives. The light from the explosion was the first moment of impact. The bright flash shot the radiation from the bomb through the miles of Hiroshima in every direction. One thing that Hachiya noticed consistently was their “complete silence” (Hachiya 110). Nothing seemed to make sense from the reasoning behind the attack itself to the
It was a moment of impact from which life will never again be the same. As described in the “Hiroshima Diary” by Michihiko Hachiya the people of Hiroshima’s lives were forever changed by the drop of an atomic bomb as they found themselves in sudden silence and disarray. A catastrophe is defined as a sudden and widespread disaster. The moment the atomic bomb hit it changed the lives forever beyond any and all expectations. One sudden disaster, a few seconds of peace all followed by confusion and disarray. They were looking for hope where there may be none and where there may be no answers. The long lived effects were seemingly never ending. On a fresh calm morning, it started with a light, a flash. Awakening from the rubble with complete shock Hachiya found himself without clothing covered in debris. Upon leaving his home and into the street as Hachiya attempts to find clarity he describes “I had tripped over a man’s head. Excuse me! But there was no answer he was dead” (Hachiya 108-109). As he approached the hospital to seek assistance with his injuries and to help other with theirs, he sees the people as “walking ghosts” (Hachiya 110). In shock not knowing what they had experienced and suffering from various injuries they all approached the hospital looking for help. Their injuries were not just external there were many no wounds at all. Their symptoms ranged from cuts and scrapes to nausea, diarrhea, and unexplainable hemorrhages. The people were also not just injured but stunned in an instant disaster had overcame everything they once loved. This moment of impact effected their health, their home, and their lives. The light from the explosion was the first moment of impact. The bright flash shot the radiation from the bomb through the miles of Hiroshima in every direction. One thing that Hachiya noticed consistently was their “complete silence” (Hachiya 110). Nothing seemed to make sense from the reasoning behind the attack itself to the