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BLACK RAIN by MasujiIbuse The main character in the novel is in some ways likemyself. Mr. Shizuma is a individual that is intrigued by manythings and likes to see what reaction people have from anyaction. Throughout the novel he feels the need to go todifferent separate of the city and surrounding communities inorder to see the effects of the unknown bomb. Mr. Shizumawas not only interested in what happened to the people ofthe community merely he was withal interested in finding out whatthe weapon used was called and made out of. There weredifferent names given to the bomb throughout the hold up andhe sums up the names in one paragraph, The name of thebomb had already undergone a number of changes, from theinitial new weapon through new-type bomb, cabalisticweapon, special new-type bomb, to specialhigh-capacity bomb. That day, I learned for the first time tocall it an atomic bomb. (Black Rain 282) The importanceof the name of the bomb may seem ineffectual, but he seemsto dwell on finding out what caused this type of destruction.Something else that Mr. Shizuma wants to do is rememberein truth little detail about what happens to everything fromwhat angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wifecooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes towrite how people cured themselves of radiation sickness andwhat the burns and other injuries whole tone and act like. Thesethings are like myself in the fact that he does not like toforget what things are like, wants to see first hand what theeffects are, and is very interested in finding information aboutnew things that he has never seen before. He alike likes tohelp people greatly such as his constant wanderings lookingfor coal for his community. If you were depended on wouldyou help your community? I think so. The theme that is verymeaningful to me is that war hurts two different parts of acountry. The first is the military, which was not really talkedabout, and then there is the civilians. The c ivilians must rationfood so that the military can eat, and then they must alsosuffer because the bomb that was dropped was not meantfor any military base but to destroy and kill a city. The themeis clear in meaning that it hurts the civilians frequently more than ithurts the military and that war is very, very cruel. The peoplethat were rationing had very little to eat and that amount