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Hiroshima Character Graphic Organizer

Characters

Miss Sasaki

Dr. Fujii

What factual details do you notice about the character? (Occupation, Attitude, Description, etc)

What obstacles does the character face? Physical, Mental, and Emotional

Explain how this obstacle is or is not a human rights issue.

A clerk who is struggling to get help and has a lot of doubt as no one will save her and even when they do they do little to help her mentally.

She struggles to get help for her leg for quite a while which takes a big mental toll on her. After she gets help she still has little hope of survival and his very depressed.

I would think it is more of a struggle as it was hard to do much so crippled or receive help, human rights wise everyone was dealing with these struggles in the area.

She mostly gets depressed as she cannot do much in her state, but she has enough willpower to continue surviving.

A physician who ultimately gave up on himself after his practice was washed away. He did his best during the bomb at asuno park,

He escapes more of the typical bomb effects and gets away with some cuts and lost glasses but ultimately is focused on himself and rebuilding a

I think the same for all these slots, the struggles all fall under the nuclear bomb issue and the repercussions of it could not be helped sadly.

He focuses a lot on fixing himself, which is not a bad thing but is unlike others, and in the end it drives him to be more self absorbed and unhappy as the others grew

How does the character respond to each obstacle and what is the effect of that response?

How does the time period affect the character's approach to the obstacle?

How does this character interact with others?

“But Miss Sasaki could not move, and she just waited in the rain.”33

Any other time she would have gotten treated way faster, but after the bomb there was little help for anyone, especially the badly wounded.

She is seen as quite depressed but takes well after some time and she keeps other company since she cannot move for most of the book.

“Dr. Masakazu

Finding home and overall rebuilding his life would have been easier since he would have probably had insurance now a days.

He comes off quite self absorbed and ultimately if the person was not associated with him somehow I read little involvement with him. He

Include a quotation with the page that shows the obstacle.

Fujii’s hospital was no longer on the bank of the Kyo River; it was in the river.” 22

Characters

Mrs. Nakamura

Father

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What obstacles does the character face? Physical, Mental, and Emotional

but still in the end gave up on himself career wise and family wise. He is quite self absorbed though.

comfortable life.

Tailors widow who puts her children first. She does her best to make sure her kids are well despite her not being well herself.

The mental strain was heavy to begin with has she had to care for her children who got trapped, and her machine that got destroyed. It turns into physical as the radiation sickness sinks into her and her family.

German

Suffers small

Explain how this obstacle is or is not a human rights issue.

How does the character respond to each obstacle and what is the effect of that response?

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How does the time period affect the character's approach to the obstacle?

mentally.

Refer to previous explanation for all the next ones.

How does this character interact with others?

grows to be quite bitter and stubborn despite him being so carefree and such earlier in life.

She finds shelter and tries to comfort her children as they all grow terribly ill for unknown reasons.

“Mrs. Nakamura

He cares for

“…his

and her children were among the first to arrive, and they settled in the bamboo grove near the river. They all felt terribly thirsty, and they drank from the river. At once they were nauseated and began vomiting, and they retched the whole day.’’ 35

Again, the challenges are in lack of resource and overall understanding vs now. Same for all the characters.

She is quite caring and overall hard working for her children and others.

He is very

Characters

Kleinsorge

Dr. Sasaki

Mr. Tanimoto

What factual details do you notice about the character? (Occupation, Attitude, Description, etc)

What obstacles does the character face? Physical, Mental, and Emotional

Explain how this obstacle is or is not a human rights issue.

How does the character respond to each obstacle and what is the effect of that response?

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How does the time period affect the character's approach to the obstacle?

How does this character interact with others?

priest who enjoys the views of the Japanese and Japan itself. He ignores his needs a lot and is seen as too kind despite being a priest.

cuts from the blast, but ultimately struggled with radiation sickness.

A surgeon who was overall unaffected health wise, but now has overbearing hours of work tending to patients and spends little time helping himself.

He is physically ok, but mentally drained as he sees horrible wounds and is placed under a lot of pressure to tend to as many people as possible.

He ultimately works through it as he knows it is his duty as not only a doctor, but a healthy person to aid in the needy.

“It took six months for the hospital, and even longer for Dr.Sasaki, to get back to normal.” 86

The typical Japanese way of always helping others is shown a lot in him and he spent a lot of time aiding patients.

A pastor, put others before himself and continues to

He us unhurt by the blast, so he spends most of this

He works compassionatel y and endlessly to help as many

“Late in the afternoon, when he went ashore for a

Very compassionate as he helped many. He felt

others before him which results in him getting even sicker.

symptoms grew so bad that he was going to have to be hospitalized… ”

self-less and over kind. He was constantly helping others during and after the bomb.

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Characters

What factual details do you notice about the character? (Occupation, Attitude, Description, etc)

do it despite his hardships.

What obstacles does the character face? Physical, Mental, and Emotional

Explain how this obstacle is or is not a human rights issue.

time tending to the hurt. The mental toll was most likely deep as he saw much death.

How does the character respond to each obstacle and what is the effect of that response?

as possible. In the end this worked against him as he got rejected many times for helping school girls, but he still persevered and showed compassion to even his “enemy.”

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while, Mr. Tanimoto, upon whose energy and initiative many had come to depend, heard people begging for food.” 19

How does the time period affect the character's approach to the obstacle?

How does this character interact with others?

that since he was unharmed he should do his best to the ones who were unfortunate.

Historical questions to ask yourself while you are reading: 1. What is going on during the time period of your book? (war, drought, excess of money, prejudices, political unrest, etc.) World War Two is going on, specifically when the U.S. got involved and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Not only that but a time of economic and general decline as jobs were at a loss and low as much of Hiroshima was destroyed.

2. How does that element affect the plot, setting, and characters of your book? It creates challenges that most cannot understand, dealing with an atomic bomb. It grabs the interest of those who are unknowledgeable on the effects the bomb had on Japan or even from a Japanese perspective. The setting basically gets destroyed and imagines of tragedy get painted.

3. Why did the author use this time period? To inform readers on how the Japanese were effected and how they dealt with this event that many are oblivious to, fact and perspective wise. AFTER you have finished reading, use your graphic organizer to answer these eight questions. 1. What is the human rights issue in my novel? I would say the overall use of a nuclear weapon, and the treatment of survivors of this event as they found it hard to even get a job since most didn’t want the sickness or radiation at the work place and automatically assumed most were unreliable. 2. Where does this issue first come up in my novel? The nuclear weapon is evident throughout the entire book, but the survivor suffrage is most evident after the event and years to follow it. 3. Where in my novel does this issue become most important? In the years after the event as survivors struggle to gain back their lives. No work and little resources caused more struggle than they should have endured as they also struggled with radiation sickness and grieving.

4. How is this issue resolved in my novel? Ultimately, an agreement was placed for nuclear weapon use, but the survivor suffrage was up to the survivors themselves and the Japanese helping each other.

5. In my novel, who suffers due to the human rights issue? The people of Hiroshima.

6. What does the wording in my quotations imply?

It implies that when most struggled they still helped others, and that the struggles were not all of the same string. 7. When this issue becomes most important, what happens? Movements for the suffering that include physical appearance and overall ability to survive. Most were at a loss after the event as to what to do and it took years for things like health care and centers to be installed for the ones in need....