"Hiroshima" by John Hersey

Personal Reaction to Hiroshima
First, I would like to start my paper off by saying that I read books for two reasons: it is required reading for English or it has something to do with poker, psychology, or cars. However, there is always a book that I stumble across that makes me enjoy reading books that don't fit in my two criterias. Last year it was The Great Gatsby and this year it happened to be the book I read over the summer for history, Hiroshima. This book interested me because it struck me at many different levels; it had emotional appeal, it was written in a way that kept me turning the pages, and it taught me many lessons about life and its preciousness.
<Tab/>The first thing I noticed after reading a couple pages of this book was that it had descriptions that were strangely simple but portrayed deep emotions. …