Essay Sample on the Tales of the World War II Survivors

In this paper, a comparison and contrast are brought forward on the Hiroshima diary by Michihiko Hachiya and the eight simple short words by Elie Wiesel. One thing to be noted is the surroundings and nature of events around them that prompted to come up with their recollections through a diary and eight simple short words respectively.

In both Hiroshima diary and the eight simple short words, it is evident that inhumane acts meted on the innocent civilians are the central issue in this era. Atomic bombing in the case of Hiroshima caused immense pains to the people as observed by Hachiya. else, on the other hand, recalls of separation and how it quickly changed his life based on the separation from his family. adverse war impact on the people prompted these two individuals to question the nature of humanity given the atrocities they were subjected. in recalling this event, they find it extremely difficult to understand how fellow human beings can be so cruel to others. Another critical factor in this explanation is the position of Americans in solving these problems. aside from bombing Japan, Michiko Hachiya witnessed the other side of Americans who were willing to help and prevent extreme effects of radiation. the same case is found in the eight-simple short story by Ellie where American rescued him from the wrath of the Nazis. Despite all the cruelty of the warlords, there was still some level of humanity as portrayed by the Americans aiding victims of war.

Life changing events form the basis of the author's recollection through their pieces of writing. In Hiroshima diary the Japanese physician unfavorable impact of the bomb made them recognize the effect of using this weapon on humanity (Hachiya, 2011). Wiesel memoir also talks about the harshness of the Nazis and how survival in this camp was purely a result of luck and coincidence. The underlying impact her is the fact that what these people suffered, as a result, should never be rerepeated any point in our lives. Killing of groups of people by hanging torturing, gassing, and shooting them in the case of Wiesel should be avoided at all cost in our lives. Use of weapons mass destruction like the atomic bomb in Japan goes against our values as human by subjecting people to harrowing and traumatizing experiences just settle scores in war. Hachiyas Hiroshima diary and the eight simple short words by Wiesel represent the way death was normalized and caused a lot of pain on their people and why there is need to avoid such instances in future.

Senseless killings of the Jews by the Nazis by separating men and women to facilitate easy management of the captives resulted in questions on whether God exists and if so why all such things to happen (Wiesel, 2008). The same case happens to the victims of atomic bombing whereas as Hachiya tries to help he unknowingly causes more damage to them because of the effects of radiation that was hard to understand.

Hachiyas diary talks about the battle to serve Japanese from the effects of atomic bombs while Wiesel recounts the circumstances within which he luckily survived in the hands of the Nazis during the holocaust. The two events occur during the world war to portray other nations military power over others by subjecting them to inhumane situations causing massive death and torture of the innocent civilians.

References

Hachiya, M. (2011). Hiroshima diary: the journal of a Japanese physician, August 6-September 30, 1945. UNC Press Books.

Wiesel, E. (2008). The night trilogy: Night, dawn, day. Macmillan.