analysis of poem-"welcome to hiroshima"
... The occasion is a summer visit to Hiroshima Japan. An idealist American who wants to see the aftermath, the chaos after the storm. 4. The setting in time is summer, the 1980’s, which is a time when things in the city were back to normal and the troubles lied underneath the surface. Some were forgotten. 5. The setting in place is outdoors as well as indoors. Hiroshima is a city in Japan. But the real setting is the mind of each and every Japanese person. 6. The central purpose of the poem is to one criticize the American government for the overall choice of the atomic disaster. Also to show the rest of the world the mental struggle that the people of Japan have to go through. 7. The poem is about a person who is aware of the problems in Japan, visiting and seeing the attempts that have been made to cover up the truth. The central idea of the poem is that no matter how anyone tries to hide the truth. The pain cause...