There are many examples of the atomic bomb itself being presented in unnatural ways in the novel Hiroshima by John Hersey. One example of this can be found in plant life after the bomb. During Chapter Four, Miss Sasaki sees new plants that are growing through the ruins and they “[give] her the creeps because they seem unnatural. It seems as if nature is impatient and is waiting to take over when humankind destroys itself and its own civilization. It can be seen as ironic that the greatest achievement of mankind at that point would be the cause of the land going back to a pre-human state. The images of the greenery show that the harnessing of the atoms’ destructive power can have consequences that are both unknown and unnatural. They convey