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Hiroshima By John Hersey

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The novel Hiroshima by John Hersey demonstrates how we can learn from our past to grow our communities in the spirit of a hopeful future by coming together as one. Together people are a lot stronger. In the book Hiroshima, after the bomb hit, ten thousand victims of the bombing invaded the Red Cross Hospital where Dr. Sasaki worked. Although there was not enough equipment nor people help with all the victims, Dr. Sasaki and the other doctors were trying their best to attend and treat every wounded person. It said that Dr. Sasaki and the other doctors worked for a total of nineteen hours treating the wounded. This shows that when people work together it allows them to work faster,smarter, and longer to help others in need. When people come together
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