Disqualified from the World

Disqualified from the World

by (japan) Osamu Dazai

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This book contains many representative works of Osamu Dazai, such as "Disqualification in the World", "Goodbye", "Viyong's Wife", "Setting Sun", "Snowy Night", "Beautiful Man and Smoke", etc. And "Disqualification in the World" is his extremely important work. To be disqualified in the human world is to lose the qualifications to be a human being. The book is composed of the author's preface, postscript, and three letters of the protagonist Oba Yezang. It describes the protagonist's continuous sinking from adolescence to middle age in order to escape reality. He experiences self-exile, alcoholism, suicide, and numbing himself with drugs, and finally moves towards the tragedy of self-destruction step by step. In the process of self-denial, he expresses his inner depression and desire to be loved... ... Based on the life experiences of the protagonist Ye Zang, Dazai Osamu skillfully depicts his own life and thoughts. This novel has always been regarded as his autobiographical work, and it raises the issue of real pain as a human being. From the stagnant writing, you can understand the deep pain in his heart. After completing this work, Dazai Osamu finally chose to throw himself into the water to bring an end to his life.

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Bts❤️73mo ago

I'm sorry for being human

This book is one of my favorites. Every time I read it, it gives me a different shock. Ye Zang, who plays the clown in that gray society, is the only normal person. As Osamu Dazai's pinnacle work, the feelings contained in it cannot be expressed in words. It can only be like two people looking at each other. It is worth a thousand words. I have exactly this feeling about Ye Zang. Confusion, fear and deep sadness. These things emanate from his every expression and every movement, which is something Mr. Lu Xun's articles do not have. When Ye Zang was a child, he was already keenly aware of the pathology of society, but he was too weak to resist and could only turn himself into a clown to cater to others. He has never been loved by others, not even his parents gave him any love. They just give their children clothes, shelter, food, and toys, just like gods giving things to mortals. Even if it is just a branch, mortals will be ecstatic, and gods will feel that they have done a good thing, because they have put down their bodies and given happiness to humble mortals - this is not love, this is called charity. In the entire society, Ye Zang seems to be an alien, despised by others, and even the younger generations dare to lecture him. But as I said before, this society is a sick society, and Ye Zang represents the kindness and sincerity of human nature. The various emotions he showed were exactly the emotions that people hide deepest in their hearts and are least willing to face. Terrifyingly precise. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, but if you don't repent, that is the greatest sin. Ye Zang worked hard and struggled, but in the end he was defeated by the secular world. Even the sadness he showed at the end was not the cleanest and purest emotion. It is mixed with the author and Ye Zang's anger and helplessness towards this hopeless society. It's not him who's wrong, it's the whole world! The last question is almost a matter of faith. I don't mean simply religion, but all kinds of beliefs. I know people who live by faith. People who don't have faith are just zombies. Ye Zang gained his faith through his classmate Zhuyi. He was determined to express his inner depression through painting. But what followed was ridicule and criticism from family and friends. The weak character developed since childhood also made Ye Zang dare not resist. The seeds of faith are dead before they sprout. Even the love that he finally found was taken away by this society. When all hope is lost, the devil comes quietly. In the end, Ye Zang was defeated by the secular world, and the acting skills that had accompanied him throughout his life failed to allow him to survive in this society. In fact, in Dazai Osamu's heart, Ye Zang has not lost the qualifications to be a human being, but has no qualifications to be a human being. There is rare kindness and sincerity in him, but he cannot be redeemed. After all, the glory of human nature did not illuminate the society at that time, but was swallowed up by endless darkness. The redemption that Ye Zang pursues is the kindness of human nature; and what destroys Ye Zang is the ugliness of human nature.

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Book Friends 2024011115875972mo ago

I'm sorry for being human

The flesh and blood in his body has long been eaten by the monster under the painting brush, and the anesthesia nourished by alcohol kills all a person's aura. The sky doesn't get dark in an instant, and people don't kneel down in an instant. Ye Zang's life will always be covered with the shadow of his childhood. Zhuyi said, "You will definitely be obsessed with women in the future." The handsomeness between his brows and the gentleness in his bones confirmed Zhuyi's prediction time and time again. He walked into the lives of one woman after another, but no one could enter his heart and could not escape the strong joy, so his love was full of bitter sadness. "Although I understand that some people like me, I seem to lack the ability to love others." This is probably the reason why Ye Zang "loves everyone he meets, but actually loves no one." When his remaining hope for life was lost in Liangzi, the monster in his heart finally unscrupulously gnawed at the last remaining warmth of his life. He began to rely on intravenous injections, abandoning himself and living with his inner demons. When people begin to enjoy sinking, they will be so lost that it is difficult to regain them, until they are no longer qualified in the world. I feel sorry for that "good boy like a god", "it's all his father's fault", he has developed a pleaser personality. Fate deprived him of the courage to refuse, and then built a grave for him and buried him with the love of his life. Don't despair and don't live to please. Even if you are mourning, you must live a gentle life.

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Scholar Who Walks the Night74mo ago

In fact, children's imagination does not make sense. I just remembered that Ye Zang had seen the subway when he was a child, and suddenly thought that it was because riding underground was more fun than riding above ground.

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清风自来不败71mo ago

This guy is either committing suicide or on the way to commit suicide.

In the human world, he introduced himself step by step towards numbness and losing the qualifications to be a human being. All he saw in his eyes were human crimes, greed, selfishness, and mutual use. "Well, I can't accept this world, let's go." Bah, a scumbag with good writing skills. But I admire his spirit very much. If the world can't accept me, then I'll leave. In just one night, my heart was completely different He came out of the sea of people just to give me an empty joy You come with wind and rain, I have nowhere to hide When you left, the four seasons were disrupted, and I became ill for a long time. -Dazai Osamu

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余华74mo ago

The whole book is very sad, as if an autistic person is writing an autobiography.

No matter who is condemned and criticized by others, he will feel aggrieved. I see in people's angry faces a nature more terrifying than lions, crocodiles, and dragons. They usually hide this terrible nature, but will explode once they are strongly stimulated, just like a docile cow lying on the grass, suddenly slapping the gadfly on its belly with its tail.

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生きていけ.71mo ago

Osamu Dazai is a god

A man with extreme depression, absolute rationality, and infinite gentleness, Osamu Dazai is a god.

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林琛轩68mo ago

netyiyun

I'm sorry for being human There is no real empathy in the world We have to satisfy the storyteller's desire for performance. Also be willing to give up For people with real depression and the tenderness of those who are enduring suffering. If possible I hope the stories are all false Sweet dreams can also come true. Some people grow up as early as eight years old Already dead at the age of eighteen Sometimes they obviously love each other. In the end, it was another person's hand that I held. The day she left, I carved her name on my arm with a knife. I will never love again in this life.

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Cold and Desolate60mo ago

Ye Zang is a scoundrel in life, but also like a simple and weak child. Facing the hardships of life, he chooses a way of self-destruction that is incomprehensible to today's people. But behind the funny, weird, cynical and ridiculous decadence, we can see a real and ideal eternal boy.

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昨日
昨日雪已佳73mo ago

When people have not yet formed their own three views, they need spiritual support.

When people have not yet formed their own three views, they need spiritual support, maybe it is the idol in the heart of a little girl, maybe it is literature. See the world through the eyes of others, learn to be a human being, and then move forward on your own. I like Ye Zang very much, he is like a firefly, he has his own light, his own sadness, and also has his own unknown side. People with low self-esteem are often very conceited, and introverts are often very extroverted. Maybe many people don't agree with my idea. But what I want to say is that both are talented and scheming people. This is a double-edged sword that can cut through thorns and be invincible. You can also kill your true self. People often have to force themselves to be a positive and sunny person! ! ! Even so, it will be very painful! ! !

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Lian Zhouxin73mo ago

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I feel like I don't understand it. Can anyone explain the main meaning of human disqualification? ?

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