He can not comprehend the hypocrisy he has seen displayed all through his childhood. When speaking about people, refers to them as “the human beings”, an odd way to speak, but drives home his fear and lack of understanding, treating them like aliens. In other parts he seems to think humans are the problem, and that their complexities are unexplainable. In parts of the book, he paints himself to be otherworldly, the outlier among people. It starts with his childhood, where he first begins to feel different. Released in 1948, the story follows the main character Oba Yozo and is split into three different notebooks where he tells the complexities of his life. I read No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, one of the lesser-known BookTok books, and it was an interesting ride. Trigger Warning: In this review I will discuss some difficult topics that come up in the novel, including sexual assault and suicide.
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