Setting Sun

There are two places that impressed me most: First, every time Naoji drinks with Mr. Uehara, he will pay for the drink out of his own pocket. Naoji's behavior is actually out of upbringing, and he doesn't want Mr. Uehara's hard-earned money to be wasted on fireworks alleys. However, Mr. Uehara believes that every time Naoji pays for drinks, it is pity for a peasant like him and that as a down-and-out noble, he can't let go of the symbol of his aristocratic status and spurns Naoji. The second place is in Naoji's last suicide note. He said that whatever I pretend to be is what others think I am, but when I am really in great pain, others think I am moaning for nothing. No one in the world can truly empathize with me, and no one can truly understand my helplessness and sadness. The people who really need help may not be the ones asking for help everywhere, but no one notices and no one can help.

"I heard that if you like flowers that bloom in summer, you will die in summer. Is this true?"

Thoughts are raped, efforts are ridiculed, happiness is denied, beauty is polluted, and glory is trampled.

Wordless silence! Mr. Dazai's choices may be right or wrong, and those who come after him have no words to comment. The deceased has passed away, but some readings remain for a long time.

I don't understand what poverty is, and I don't understand what money is. I only believe in love and my mother's love for me. I rely on love to survive today! Those who accused me of not cherishing life and that I should live strong have never given me a helping hand, even once. They will always just point and point in a high-sounding way...

I pretended to be precocious and everyone said I was mature. I pretend to be lazy and everyone calls me lazy. I pretended I couldn't write novels, and people said I couldn't write novels. I pretended to be a liar and people called me a liar. I show off and people say I am rich. I appear cold, and everyone says I am cold. When I am in great pain and moaning in sorrow, everyone says that I am moaning for no reason.

When society is once again facing transformation, the world has once again reached an inflection point. Modern people, who are closely connected through the Internet but feel alienated, have become isolated islands. As long as the feeling of being out of place when facing the world still exists, we will need "Setting Sun" and Osamu Dazai.

I like Mr. Dazai's books. Every time I read them, I calm down and read them seriously. Some of Mr. Dazai's opinions really poke my head qwq

"I pretend to be precocious, and everyone says I'm mature. I pretend to be lazy, and everyone says I'm lazy. I pretend I can't write novels, and people say I can't write novels. I pretend to be a liar, and people say I'm a liar. I show off, and people say I'm rich. I appear cold, and everyone says I'm indifferent. When I'm in great pain, and moan sadly, everyone says I'm moaning in vain." - "Setting Sun" The Setting Sun is the representative work of Japanese "rogue" writer Dazai Osamu, and it is also one of the most representative and far-reaching representatives. He is also a very controversial writer. People like him because Osamu Dazai never beautifies human nature, and writes too thoroughly about the fragility and loneliness of human nature. They appreciate his ability to use the form of novels to transform personal pain into universal emotions, and the fragile, candid and even "self-destructive" expressions in his writing. People who don't like him think he is too depressed, and the decadence and self-destructive tendencies in his works are depressing. In fact, reading is subjective. What matters is what we can get from it, according to our own wishes! The background of this novel is that after the end of World War II, the former aristocratic system was abolished, the status of the civilian class rose, and the social structure underwent drastic changes. The book is narrated from the perspective of the heroine, Kazuko, whose aristocratic family gradually fell into decline and moved to the countryside. Because her mother could not adapt to the order of the new era, her body weakened day by day, and she eventually died. Kazuko was caught between the respectability of the old aristocracy and the harshness of the new era. In such a suffocating life, she desperately wanted to find a life-saving straw, so she fell in love with Jiro Uehara, a man with a family. From writing letters to meeting him in person, she knew that he was promiscuous and selfish, but she still wanted to be his lover and conceive a child, using him as her spiritual sustenance. Until Naoji committed suicide, reality crushed her fantasy again and again, and she finally understood: it was never others who could save her. In the end, Kazuko became pregnant. She did not choose the stability defined by the world to rely on Uehara, nor was she crushed by the worldly pressure of getting pregnant out of wedlock. This is a turning point for her to break away from her old self and move towards a new life. It is more like a "reason to live" she found for herself in complete loneliness and ruins. The character of Kazuko really touched me. Her courage to live towards death made me feel proud of her for shedding tears! ! ! "Setting Sun" is both an elegy and a prelude: an elegy for the bygone era, and a prelude for individuals struggling to move toward the future.

When I read it for the first time, I was not in the era, but read it from a modern perspective. When I read it for the second time, I read it into the context of the times and the status of the characters in the book. It is indeed a good book.

The impact of his father's death on Kazuko's family was fatal. Everyone is trapped in a morbid longing. He has a false reputation as a noble, but he can only rely on others to live. Life is even harder than that of people at the bottom. They have been pampered since childhood and can no longer adapt to the cruel real world. Such a huge gap. It is unimaginable to ordinary people. This also reflects the shortcomings caused by Japan's system subversion at that time. Too many people suffer from it.

People always have to pursue something when they are alive, be bold and live their lives boldly.

Rough love, sincere love. Because this shameless sincerity leads the siblings to another abyss.

People will fear each other, their thoughts will be raped, their efforts will be ridiculed, their happiness will be denied, their beauty will be polluted, and their glory will be trampled on. The so-called "anxiety of the entire century" all stems from this inexplicable sentence.

This book resonated with me, especially the description of loneliness and longing for love. Osamu Dazai's writing is very delicate and made me feel the inner world of the protagonist. Just like myself, I also longed for someone to understand me during my long period of being single. This book made me believe that everyone has a story that deserves to be heard and respected. The author Dazai Osamu is really a writer who can touch people's hearts!

I thought it was interesting, but I didn't understand it. Why should I give it five stars? Because I feel that I don't understand it now, but one day or one moment in the future, I will suddenly remember it and be enlightened. I didn't know what time it was at the time, so I expressed my compliments in advance. I know that Osamu Dazai writes well, but I can't see clearly what he wants to express through words. Maybe I don't know him well enough, or maybe I just see everything at a glance. I don't know, but I know he is very good. Later, I will know. Now is not the time.

I'm still confused when I look at it

Naoji's diary pays attention to the summary of Dazai Osamu

I can't understand it a bit, but I believe that one day I will be able to truly understand it.

It looks good, but the viewing angle is a bit messy

It's beautiful, and the psychological description is very delicate.

I don't know. I actually finished it in less than a day.