Complete 4 pages APA formatted article: Portraying Of The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima In Literature.

Complete 4 pages APA formatted article: Portraying Of The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima In Literature. Yukio uses his book “Confessions of a Mask” that had been written in 1949 to elucidate to us about a young man named Kochan who was suffering from erotic fantasies of men, violence, and beauty. Yukio illuminates that Kochan had been raised during Japan’s epoch of Imperialism and right-wing aggressiveness and this made him to struggles from a very early age to fit into society. For that reason, Yukio has used his main character, Kochan, to describe us how socially determined masculinity roles are well-defined by male-controlled culture. The novel portrays the demonization by the society of Kochan, who scars himself emotionally and physically by retreating into a mask of heterosexuality. Subsequently, Ibuse uses his book “Black Rain” written in 1966 to elucidate to us about the life of a young girl named Yasuko. Abuse uses his novel to help us to apprehend that Yasuko hoped to be married after the war, but her health is in question due to radiation she was exposed to. Shigematsu Shizuma is the main narrator and niece to Yasuko is regretting having asked her to come to Hiroshima as this has caused his nieces problem. Therefore, this had made Shizuma compile all accounts related to the Hiroshima bombing in order to be able to convince the family and the man who will show some interest in marrying Yasuko. Therefore, this paper shall candidly examine the ways in which Ibuse and Mishima portray the soreness of isolation that Yasuko and Kochan experiences in society.

Both Abuse and Mishima have used their main character Yasuko and Kochan to designate how they have struggled passionately to fit into Japanese society. Due to their weaknesses, that has been caused by the bombing of Hiroshima, Yasuko and Kochan had faced more challenges that made them feel isolated by society.