<Tab/>Hiroshima was a terrible event that occurred on August 6th, 1945. In this novel, John Hersey interviews six survivors who were first-hand witnesses of the event. These six people tell their stories from hours before the bomb dropped, to almost four decades after it occurred, to get a glimpse of reality on the horrible crime that affected thousands of people forever. The six people are as follows:
<Tab/>The Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who was educated in America, was helping a friend move some of his daughter's belongings to a house outside of the city…