Charleen R
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In the book Hiroshima, John Hersey introduced Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a young woman who lived in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic borab on Hiroshima. On that day, Miss Sasaki's life was forever changed.
The adversities that Miss Sasaki faced brought changes to her life. Her parents had died in the borabing but her brother and sister survived. She had to take care of both of them by herself. She got a job as an attendant at an orphanage after enrolling her brother and sister there. She received child care training and eventually qualified to be a nursery school teacher. Miss Sasaki's leg was injured after the borabing. After recuperating, she could walk normally again. However, her leg would give her pain for the rest of her life. Miss Sasaki, once engaged, was single again. Her fiance did not want to marry her because she was a hibakusha and a cripple.
One of the biggest changes in Miss Sasaki's life happened when she converted to Catholicism. At first, she did not believe in it. However, one day after feeling a burst of joy, she converted herself. She knew that she wouldn't get married so she became a nun.
Miss Sasaki noticed there was a big change in her strength which she attributed to all that had happened to her after the borabing. Because of her strength, she was assigned to be the director of a home for old people. She didn't like the job because she didn't know how to care for the elderly but she stayed because of her hard-earned doggedness. Her job was to also help people die in peace by talking with them. She wasn't afraid of watching people die because she had seen so much of it after the borabing.
The atomic borab dropped on Hiroshima affected every person who lived there. Miss Toshiko Sasaki overcame the adversities and came out a stronger and changed person.
The adversities that Miss Sasaki faced brought changes to her life. Her parents had died in the borabing but her brother and sister survived. She had to take care of both of them by herself. She got a job as an attendant at an orphanage after enrolling her brother and sister there. She received child care training and eventually qualified to be a nursery school teacher. Miss Sasaki's leg was injured after the borabing. After recuperating, she could walk normally again. However, her leg would give her pain for the rest of her life. Miss Sasaki, once engaged, was single again. Her fiance did not want to marry her because she was a hibakusha and a cripple.
One of the biggest changes in Miss Sasaki's life happened when she converted to Catholicism. At first, she did not believe in it. However, one day after feeling a burst of joy, she converted herself. She knew that she wouldn't get married so she became a nun.
Miss Sasaki noticed there was a big change in her strength which she attributed to all that had happened to her after the borabing. Because of her strength, she was assigned to be the director of a home for old people. She didn't like the job because she didn't know how to care for the elderly but she stayed because of her hard-earned doggedness. Her job was to also help people die in peace by talking with them. She wasn't afraid of watching people die because she had seen so much of it after the borabing.
The atomic borab dropped on Hiroshima affected every person who lived there. Miss Toshiko Sasaki overcame the adversities and came out a stronger and changed person.