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Analysis of "The Bomb"
- Why did he wander around at first?
- Why did he stop helping people to go back for his belongings?
- What do you think you would do if you were Father Kleinsorge?
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Safe Area
- Father Kleinsorge quickly looses his drive to take action, he was "already growing apathetic and dazed in the pretense of the cumulative distress" (page 27).
- Father Kleinsorge is determined to save Mr. Fukai (secretary of the diocese), he physically has to pull him away from the house to get him to leave. (page 29)
- Father Kleinsorge starts to make his way to the safe area. (page 28)
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Analysis of "Safe Area"
- Is it common for those going through high levels of stress to become apathetic towards it?
- Why does he care so much about Mr. Fukai when he leaves others behind to die?
- Why is "safe area" in quotations? Is the are really going to be safe?
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Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge
- Member of the Society of Jesus
- Foreigner, from Germany
- 38 years old, but not very healthy due to Japanese diet
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The Bomb
(How did Father Kleinsorge react to the bomb being dropped?)
- describes it as a "terrible flash", like "a large meteor colliding with the earth" (page 12).
- He wandered around the vegetable garden of the compound until he went to go rescue some who were stuck in fallen houses
- He then went back inside his room to look through his belongings
