Hiroshima

John Hersey

• 1914- 1993
• Won Pulitzer Prize for "A Bell for Adano"
• Popular for War Novels/ Journalism
• Wrote "Hiroshima" immediately after bombing

Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura

• A tailor's widow raising three young children on her own.
• A very resourceful person and cares very much about her surroundings.
• She and her children survived the initial blast and were unharmed.
• They then suffered radiation mutations and sickness for years.

Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto

• A Methodist pastor with a wife and baby son
• Educated in the US, speaks English very well
• Shuttled people across the river and gave dying people water
• Didn't stop helping until struck with radiation sickness
• Only one still living at end of book

Dr. Fuji

• The owner of a private hospital in the city
• His clinic was washed away when the bomb went off 
• Like most of the other doctors he was too hurt to aid others  
• Was not affected by radiation  
• He died a fews year later of a mystery illness 

Father Kleinsorge

•  He is a German Jesuit priest
• He comforts many of the dying or wounded 
• He falls sick with radiation poisoning and becomes tired and weak
• He becomes a Japanese citizen  
• Changes his name to Father Makoto Takakura.

Dr. Sasaki

• 25 year old surgeon at the Red Cross Hospital in Hiroshima.
• Selflessness is shown when he treats sick patients without a permit.
• Makes important contributions to treatment of radiation sickness.
• He also doesn't seek rewards for his hard work.

Miss TOshiko Sasaki

• 20 year old lady who works at a tin factory
• Was in arranged mariage to soldier
• Bookshelf fell on her leg and crippled for life
• Becomes a faithful Christian and joins a French Nunary

The Aftermath