He barely had time to think before the panorama of the city became a panorama of fire.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Fire Panorama
F
Sickness Begins
S
People who had been only slightly injured then began to feel quite sick.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Child’s Cry
C
She heard a child cry, ‘Mother!’, but saw no one.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Dying in River
D
The river was full of the dead and dying.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Landscape of Ruin
L
Everywhere she looked, she saw a landscape of ruin.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Burnt Faces
B
Their faces were wholly burned, their eye sockets were hollow, the fluid from their melted eyes had run down their cheeks.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Lost Livelihoods
L
The explosion had left them without means to make a living.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Rebirth Questioned
R
They wondered if Hiroshima could ever come back to life.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Heart Poisoned
H
The white men do not scalp the head; but they do worse—they poison the heart.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Promises and Betrayal
P
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee