Black Rain Essay -- Japan WWI Hiroshima Bombing Atomic Essays

barren RainThe novel, Black Rain, is a first hand recall of the events of a mans life during the battery of Hiroshima. The main character, Shigematsu Shizuma, is concerned that his niece, Yasuko, pass on be unable to marry because prospective husbands are scared rack up due to the fact that she was near the bombing and that her or her children w milk-sick die hard the effects of this radiation sickness that had already affected so many. In his quest to find a husband for his niece he decides to rewrite his daybook of the bombing of Hiroshima. It is his copying of this journal that takes the reader though the treacherous events of the bombing and the effects on his and others lives. Mr. Shizuma writes of every detail of the bombing. He describes the bombs blinding fresh light and the mushroom cloud that followed and he likewise describes the people. He tells of the distant burns on peoples bodies. He tells of familys tour back into the city of Hiroshima to try to find lost l oved ones. And he tells of the survivors struggles as well, from the radiation sickness to the small rations of rice and beans distributed to the people. He also seems very inquisitive about what kind of bomb fell on the city. The journal ends with the surrender of Japan and the book ends with his niece becoming very ill with the radiation sickness.This novel is like many other Japanese stories in that it is not a very skilful book. There is no happy ending and the novel is filled with many gruesome de...