Journal 7 by Dhruv Patel

       The most interesting profile so far has been Mr. Tanimoto. Tanimoto in my opinion is the most interesting because of all the things he does. He steps up and becomes the "leader" by saving multiple people from the fire. The situation has revealed that Tanimoto is purely a selfless and caring person. For example he brings supplies to almost everyone that asks him for help and even when he took the boat from the dead bodies he showed his respect towards them and said "Please forgive me for taking this boat.  I must use if for others, who are alive." This shows that even when people are dead he shows them respect where in some cases people wouldn't think twice before just throwing the bodies away like they are nothing.

     I want to know more about the psychological effects on the people of Japan that witnessed/were a part of the bombing dropping. The dropping of the Atomic bomb brought forward many after effects including physical, psychological, and social. In the article Study of Atom Bomb Victims Stresses Long Term Damages by Herbert Mitgang stated that psychological effects included lingering fears, imbalance and mental breakdowns. Also the fear of delayed radiation effects, "the fear that their children will be ''unhealthy or deformed.'' They live with worries of medical expenses, decline of ability to work, economic instability and discrimination against them by nonvictims."(Mitgang). In the same article it states that many people underwent spiritual exercises and started to believe they were chosen. They were chosen to find a way to get rid of nuclear weapons. 

The picture above shows the aftermath of the bomb dropping.