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To be disqualified in the human world is to lose the qualifications to be a human being. This is the last work of Dazai Osamu's life, and it is also his important work. The book is composed of the author's preface, postscript, and three letters of the protagonist Oba Yezo. 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... Osamu Dazai cleverly depicts his life and thoughts through the life experiences of the protagonist Ye Zang. This novel has always been regarded as his autobiographical work, and it raises the most real painful issues of being a human being. From the stagnant writing, you can understand the deep pain in his heart. After completing this work, Osamu Dazai finally chose to throw himself into the water to draw the final ending for himself.
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