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Was the atomic bomb really different than all of the bombing raids that had come before in the war?

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Was the atomic bomb really different than all of the bombing raids that had come before in the war?

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America is seen as the bad guy because we bombed innocent people who had nothing to do with the war. This is no different than Japan attacking without warning in Pearl Harbor, or the Germans bombing GB for 57 days straight. People might make the argument that it is worse because of the radiation damage that affected the area but it is not much different than people having to rebuild their entire cities and towns.

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How does one deal with the stress of imminent danger (as in the beginning of the novel with preparing for devastation...p 2)? What effects does this have in the short term? In the long term?

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How does one deal with the stress of imminent danger (as in the beginning of the novel with preparing for devastation...p 2)? What effects does this have in the short term? In the long term?

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The Japanese people lived in constant fear. They had to do practice air raid drills. I think that it must have been hard for them to focus and live their lives knowing that they could be bombed at any moment.

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What is a priest's duties? Are they steadfast in their vocation in this story? Can we fault them?

A priest's duties is to spread and preach the word of God and to live a faithful life. I believe that the priests did their duties because when people were struggling and dying, even though they were hurt too they worried about the other people. They also helped people rebuild and rebuilt their churches.

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What mental toll did the survivors face? Think of the effects of physical illness and the length of it.

They had to watch people die and burn to death. Some people had to hold each other while they died. They had to watch their city burn to the ground and be demolished. There was also a survivor's guilt, like why did I make it and not them?

Some people had radiation poisoning or sickness that affected them for years later. It caused some people to be sterile and unable to have kids.

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Do you think the Japanese regretted the war? Did they regret their allegiance to the emperor?

I believe that some people must've regretted the war. The people suffered and a bunch of people died for basically nothing. They lost supplies, land, and power, and got their cities destroyed.

I do not believe that people regretted their allegiance because of their pride. The Japanese people were willing to lay down to the last person for their emperor, they had a lot of pride in their country.

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Page 90: "The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result?"

I believe that war is justifiable because you can't say that the consequences of no war would be worse. If we did not stop Hitler or the expansion of the Japanese, no one knows where the world would be

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Page 121: "These thoughts led her to an opinion that was unconventional for a hibakusha: that too much attention was paid to the power of the A-bomb, and not enough to the evil of war."

I agree with this statement because I think people pay too much attention to how the bomb could be used and modernized instead of looking at how many people got killed and the destruction of the bomb.

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Was the bomb a war crime that America should have been accountable for?

The Japanese were not going to give up. Yes, it was a tragedy but something had to happen. But I do not believe that it was a war crime at the time. It was known for ending the war and did not break any treaties that the United States had at that time. It was devastation needed by military justification. It also did not destroy the land. Both cities affected by the bombing are thriving cities with normal amounts of radiation.

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Describe the Japanese people after having read the book. Contrast those descriptive words with how we usually imagine the Japanese in the WWII time period.

I believe that the Japanese people are strong-willed, religious, helpful

I think that this fits what most people think of those people at that time period. Just from their fighting strategies, America could see that the Japanese were very religious and strong-willed just based off the fact that they were willing to kill themselves instead of turn themselves in or surreneder.

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Compare and contrast the A-bomb with Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

Both of the attacks came without warning.

Both caused a major aftermath, with America getting involved, and Japan surrendering, America jumping into the Middle East.

They were attacks on innocent people not just the people involved in the war.

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What did knowing the fate of the survivors in "Aftermath" do for you in terms of impact?

I suppose it showed me how bad that the bomb really affected people. Like you can hear all the stats and everything a thousand times but hearing the real-life stories helped paint the picture of devestation.

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Could the world agree on things that are "off limits" during a war? Should we? Make a list - where do you stop? What qualifies as an "atrocity"?

I think people could try to agree on things but it doesn't always work. Like we tried saying that Germany was not allowed to invade Poland but they did it anyway.