Black Rain: Reader Response
Beginning of paper
The main character in the novel is in some ways like myself. Mr. Shizuma is a
person that is intrigued by many things and likes to see what reaction people
have from any action. Throughout the novel he feels the need to go to different
parts of the city and surrounding communities in order to see ....
Middle of paper
.... he seems to
dwell on finding out what caused this type of destruction. Something else that
Mr. Shizuma wants to do is remember every little detail about what happens to
everything from what angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wife
cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people
cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries
look and act like. These things are like myself in the fact that he does not
like to forget what t ....
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Word count: 1361
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
