nderstand and/or except. John Hersey did not discuss this question in his book because he did not want his readers' thoughts to be aimed in this direction. What I mean by this, he did not want anyone to begin the critical thinking of this horror as justified or only a terrible act against humanity. For example, a reader who was lead into a discussion of the reasons for the deaths of these Japanese citizens after reading stories from survivors may begin to compare these images with the deaths of millions of soldiers' world wide directly caused by the Japanese empire, as well as their alli
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