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Hiroshima Ch. 1: A Noiseless Flash
II) Bellwork:
a) Review: Create a sentence for each of the comma rules.
i) Independent clauses joined by conjunction
ii) Series
iii) Two equally modifying adjectives
iv) Explanatory words or phrases
v) Interjection
vi) Long, introductory phrases or clauses
vii) Quotes
viii) Addresses and dates
ix) Sentence interrupters
III) Connecting: What would you do if suddenly your family and home were destroyed? Where would you
go? What might you have to do to stay alive? What would you do if your entire community was wiped
out? -100 words
IV) Background on the novel:
a) Hiroshima was first published in the “New Yorker” magazine.
b) The story published August 31, 1946 is a nonfiction account of six survivors of the atomic bomb.
c) New Yorker version = four chapters; The novel version = 5 chapters (the fifth is a follow-up 40
years later)
d) Author = John Hersey
V) Hiroshima the city background:
a) City in southwest Japan that was the site of a military base during World War II
b) Hiroshima was bombed August 6, 1945
c) 3/5 of the city was destroyed and 75,000 people were killed
VI) Literary Element: Style = The manor of writing an author uses
VII) Character Chart
Character
Before the bomb
Reverend Tanimoto
Mrs. Hatsuyo
Nakamura
Dr. Masakazu
Fujii
Father Wilhelm
Kleinsorge
Dr. Terufumi
Sasaki
Miss Toshiko
Sasaki
VIII)
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Assignment
Read ch. 1
Fill out character chart
Answer study guide question
Ch. 1 end
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Ch. 1 Questions:
1. When was the book written?
2. Style is the manner of writing which an author chooses for a particular book. What is Hersey’s
style in Hiroshima? Why do you think he chose such a style?
3. Who was Mr. B? Why do you think we give human names to inanimate objects?
4. Identify the six survivors discussed in Chapter One. Fill in on the survivor chart descriptions of
each before the bomb and experiences in Chapter One (In your notes).
5. What do you know from this chapter about the situation in Hiroshima before the atomic bomb?
6. Why is the first chapter entitled “A Noiseless flash”?
7. Why do you think Hersey tells us how far each survivor was from the center of the explosion?
8. What do you think Hersey’s viewpoint is on the atomic bomb? Why?
9. In Chapter One Hersey tells details of the six survivors. What general information is revealed
about August 6, 1945?
10. While Hersey gives us a specific nonfiction account of six survivors, he also allows us as readers
to draw generalizations about Hiroshima at each period in August, 1945. What did you learn from
chapter 1?