Writer John Hersey interviewed a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing named Hatsuyo Nakamura. In Hersey's writings he clearly states the effects of the atomic bomb on Nakamura's life then and throughout her life. Hersey describes Nakamura's health throughout his work. For example, "A month after the bombing, she came down with radiation sickness; she lost most of her hair and lay in bed for weeks with

William L. Laurence, permitted to fly with the mission to drop the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, witnessed first hand, through his own eyes, the incredible impact its presence felt. Laurence was the only reporter to know about the top-secret testing of the atomic bomb and the military took him along for the ride, a ride he will never forget. (Laurence 247). In his Pulitzer Prize writing, he describes the making of the bomb and the mission to drop it in great awe. Laurence describes the atomic bomb in saying, "It's a thing of beauty to behold, this "gadget"."(William L. Laurence). By describing a nuclear weapon with this compassion, he gives a definite notion to the reader that he is definitely for the dropping of this bomb. Laurence is stating his thoughts through that of an American military man perspective. In that, there weren't any regrets and no thoughts of contempt. What is so compelling about his writings is that he takes us on a journey step by step of the day and each happening along the way leading up to this historical bombing. What really dictates his glorifying of the bombing is the way he describes the explosion. "As the first mushroom floated off into the blue it

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