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Essay / Perspectivism - 610
In the novel The Sailor Who Fell Out of Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima introduces the idea of perspectivism and how perspective barriers can prevent you from interacting with each other and blind you of reality. The story is always told in the third person, alternating between the main characters' points of view. Each person's point of view blinds them from reality, an idea held by Noboru and his gang. Noburo is part of a gang led by "The Leader", a boy of only thirteen years old. The gang members refer to each other as number one, number two and so on, with Noboru being number three. They practice emotionless, cruel and inhumane activities, which makes each of them proud. Noboru's gang embarks on a series of activities aimed at destroying their humanity. Led by the leader, they mutilate a cat so they can see life in its true sense. Noboru is the one who kills the cat. He says: “I killed everything by myself, I can do anything, even if it’s horrible. » (61) The chief tells Noboru that he did a very good job and that it made you a real man. The gang defines a terrible ex...