The Bombing of Nagasaki

This author had the very unique experience, one that only a few people have ever witness. His description of the explosion was interesting in how sometimes he made the blast seem almost beautiful, while at other times he described it as horrifying. One example is how he compaired the first mushroom cloud to a flower; going into detail about its color and shape. Another example is when he described the second mushroom cloud rising as a "decapitated monster growing a new head". I think that this is a very effective way to describe what the author saw. The colors and smoke formations would have been anm incredible sight, but he still understood that this bomb had killed millions of people and had a much uglier truth to it.