The Last Children by Gudrun Pausewang

Questions
1. In what way could it be argued that surviving a nuclear war is worse than being destroyed by one?
2. How does radiation sickness affect the body?
3. What are the physical problems of the environment after a nuclear war?
4. What are the social problems?
5. What are the themes brought out in this excerpt?
Response
1. It can be argued that surviving a nuclear war is worse than being destroyed in it. As can be seen in
the character Andreas, he lost his fa