Question

the themes addressed by Marcel Junod in the Essay 'The First Atomb Bomb​

Answer 1

Answer:

Marcel Junod’s essay The First Atom Bomb describes the terrible destruction of practically everything of the once prosperous city of Hiroshima in Japan on 6th August, 1945 as a result of the atom bomb, used for the first time in warfare. Though the Second World War ended soon after, it revealed the great danger of a war in future. The whole essay may be divided into three sharp sections on the three following points

(a) The description of the prosperous Hiroshima,

(b) The detailed account of the destruction of the city by the atom bomb,

(c) MacArthur’s speech on the futility of war.

The First Atom Bomb, full of vivid and pictorial descriptions, throbs with emotion. It reveals Marcel Junod’s (a French pacifist who visited the devastated city as a member of the International Red Cross just after its destruction) deep sympathy for the casualties, his bitter hatred of brutal wars and his great anxiety for our posterity in view of the emergence of the deadly modern weapons.

Answer 2

Answer:

Marcel Junod's essay 'The First Atom Bomb' gives us a lot of insight about the terrible state of affairs during the First World War when the world's first atom bomb was dropped.

Explanation:

Marcel Junod survived the First World War, and was heavily impacted by it, as we can understand from his essay. In it, he describes the terrible state of the World when the USA dropped an atom bomb on Japan, for the first time in the world.

The essay, for analyzing purposes, can be divided into 3 main pointers -

• A detailed description of Hiroshima before the World War and the dropping of the Atom Bomb
• A timeline leading to the First World War, Japan's involvement, and the destruction of the city using a nuclear weapon.
• McArthur's concluding speech on the ill effects of war.

The essay is highly specific in terms of its gore and gives extremely good pictorial descriptions, which has an outflow of emotions. Marcel Junod visited Hiroshima as part of the Red Cross, and he expresses sympathy for the casualties and deaths, his hatred for wars, and his post-traumatic anxiety and fear of the rise in modern weapons.

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