Short Story Grace Period By Will Baker

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Grace Period Synthesis And The Nuclear Explosion A war is happening and all people have no clue what it is.What would the end of the world looks like? The short story, “Grace Period” by Will Baker, describes a typical day for the protagonist when it all goes horribly wrong and think that he will not survive from the nuclear. The article “Nuclear Weapons effects by “John Pike”describes the impact of a nuclear explosions. The man is witnessing a nuclear explosions and he is likely to die. The Main Character is slow and realize that he is watching a nuclear explosions. And will likely die in the explosions and dying in the shock wave. When Nuclear bomb explode it form a giant mushroom shape, and can affect our electricity

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