Noboru: Mishima's Life Story
For Noboru Kuroda in Yukio Mishima's The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea life consisted of thing: objecting to the adult world and all the emotions that came with it. Through words in his diary and actions in the gang, Noboru slowly separated from society and adopted radical beliefs. In these ways Noboru was a reflection of the life of Mishima and the views he had of the Japanese culture in the mid-twentieth century. As a young boy and later as an adult Mishima would share characteristics with the young Noboru. Like Noboru, Yukio Mishima (born Kimitaka Hiraoka) grew up without a dominant father figure because his father was never around. However, Mishima's father still impacted his life greatly. He changed his name to Yukio Mis
By disobeying his father's wishes for him not to be a writer, expressing his beliefs on paper, and implementing them through his "gang," Mishima's life could be summarized in the life of thirteen year old whom he created, Noboru. It was Noboru's mission to return Ryuji to his glorified days at sea through death, symbolically implying Mishima's mission to return Japan to her glorified days through the death of western ideals. Similarly both stories end in death but they do not end in tragedy because through Bushido Mishima was born into traditional Japanese legacy, and through his death Ryuji was born into the idealistic life at sea. Mishima and Noboru share the intentions of their beliefs on paper, as well as the implication of the beliefs through the simi
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