Trinity is a graphic novel by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm that depicts and illustrates the creation and use of the first atomic bombs. The novel begins with discussing the discovery of the nucleus of an atom and the smaller particles, electrons and neutrons and protons, which help compose the nucleus. The novel then talks about the Hahn and Strassman experiment that discovers nuclear fission. One important by-product of the experiment was a myriad of energy which led to the worries of how it could be used for warfare. Two men, Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner, approach Albert Einstein with the concern of the use of nuclear fission to make an atomic weapon and the fear that the Nazis may already be planning to make an atomic weapon for themselves. Together, …show more content…
The growth of the US’s economy and military are what lead to the US becoming a global superpower. Trinity says, “At the height of production 80,000 people worked in Oak Ridge.” So when the US set forth on the Manhattan Project it caused a surplus in jobs because of the amount of man power needed to create such a weapon. This sudden boost in militarism helped bring the US out of the depression it had been suffering from for the last ten years. The book says, “Wartime mobilization made the American economy the strongest in the world.” This supports the idea that with the sudden need for war materials to create the bomb led to a mass increase of jobs and, therefore; the amount of money in circulation was able to bring the US out of depression and led the economy to become the strongest in the world at that time. Along with the economy being boosted, the creation of the atomic bomb gave the US a weapon advantage on the rest of the world it had never had prior to this time in history. With this advantage, the US was able to make Japan surrender to end the war and also show the rest of the world, including the other Allies, the strength of the US