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3.0 out of 5 stars
No Longer Human,
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This review is from: No Longer Human (Paperback)
Dazai's 'no longer human' is about on individual alienation and what it means to be normal in Japanese society. Since it is written in the 1940s, Dazai's fortitude of this nascent problem makes the book all the more worthwhile.Yozo, our narrator, is a young man from northeast Japan. His father is in politics and is able to provide whatever Yozo wants in terms of material. Yozo, however wants to find out who is really is and wants to live as that person. Through his self-centeredness and exploitation of women, we learn that Yozo's journey will never end, that he would never recognize his true self, because there isn't such a thing in his world.
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Delving into dark personalities,
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This review is from: No Longer Human (Paperback)
This novel covers the life of Yozo, a young man who feels alienated from human society. He finds it impossible to connect with his fellow humans, and in fact, fears them. He is afraid of what they think of him. He puts on the face of a clown, but he is totally crushed when he is found out to be a phoney. As he enters University, he comes to battle with alchohol and drugs. The center of his misery is his inability to have a normal relationship with women. However, the fault lies completely within himself and his terribly pessimistic attitude.This was an interesting book, but I found it difficult to get into the head of the dark hero. In this book, he finds no hope, and there are no ways to escape from his depression and his fear of society. He can only escape. It was difficult to fathom his point of view, but I think it helped me to understand the feelings of people who shut themselves away from society.
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A perfect book to read on a rainy day,
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Dazai is an excellent author, he "creates" (I think a lot of it is autobiographical just in knowing that he died as a result of suicide, double suicide with his lover nonetheless!!) this very dark, very depressing character who you'll ultimately try your hardest not to despise because he at the same time has these very junvenile qualities that redeems him somehow.
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