Hersey's representation of Toshiko Sasaki in "Hiroshima".

Hersey's narrative of Toshiko Sasaki ends with Sasaki making a speech celebrating her 25th year of being a nun. The story Sasaki ends off with her speech "I shall not dwell on the past. It is as if I had been given a spare life when I survived the A-bomb. But I prefer not to look back, I shall keep moving forward" This shows that at the least, Sasaki had forgiven the Americans for this …

…some good had come out from the bomb, that the bomb had given Sasaki her vocation, she wanted to help others. Sasaki's story ends with "I shall not dwell on the past. It is as if I had been given a spare life when I survived the A-bomb. But I prefer not to look back, I shall keep moving forward". Even if the rest of Hiroshima had not forgiven the Americans, at least Sasaki did.