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Welcome to Hiroshima. Ignominious Actions Upon the beginning of Mary Jo Salter's
"Welcome to Hiroshima" materializes as a visual holiday to a different country. ...
... deaths, devastation, and mutations, and this event was Ironically put in place by
a poem written by Mary Jo Salter called "Welcome to Hiroshima." Irony starts ...
... tests from 1945 to 1962, and the occupation forces of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ... (Learn
more) Assessment of Catastrophic Events Center (ACECenter) Welcome to the ...
... except from personnel at department stores and restaurants who bow to welcome you,
and to ... or add 'san' to their family name; for example, Mr. Hiroshima will be ...
... It yielded energy about twenty times that of the Hiroshima bomb (Gorelik, 1999). ...
Khushchev did not agree nor did he welcome his advice (Gorelik, 1999). ...
Submitted by kimzley on October 10, 2005
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Ignominious Actions Upon the beginning of Mary Jo Salter's "Welcome to Hiroshima" materializes as a visual holiday to a different country. However, the detail of imagery reveals a different sort of poem. The theme of the poem is a gloomy look at how humans destroy each other. The careful imagery of the lingering effects of war, the devastation of human life and the shadowy unknowns of the future through images of shock, guilt and numbness bring the event to life. The persona recounts the bomb and admits its' devastating effects. Describing the bomb with a simile "like a beer"(6) gives a pleasant appearance.. The persona describes the bomb with a tone of wonder and awe. Images of foam" and "thirst" suggest a quest for more knowledge. The awestruck persona wants to know more about the unimaginable event. The longing for knowledge is established. The persona begins to describe the devastation left behind. The description of the water is one of "blood" and "scum"(10). Then, in disbelief the persona says the water is in the "morning cup of tea" (12). The persona describes the "memorial museum"(22) with a tone of shock through the next few lines of well thought out language. Images of burning and melting immediately become visible to the mind. The persona chooses to use personification throughout the next two stanzas. "Blistered grass" and "strings of flesh"(24) are a few of the thoughts described by Salter's persona. The vision of melting flesh is communicated through the use of the metaphors in the poem. In addition to the flesh melting, the depiction of "gloves" to "coatsleeves"(23,24) is symbolic of skin hanging off bone and muscle. The horrific actuality of war is envisioned through these words. In the eighth stanza the persona begins to instill the feeling of disbelieving guilt by stating "they should have left it all"(31). Then, switching to the actual belongings left behind by the awful event, the persona notices "the wristwatch of a child" (32). By using...
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