For Noboru Kuroda in Yukio Mishima's The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea life consisted of thing: objecting to the adult world and all the emotions that came with it. Through words in his diary and actions in the gang, Noboru slowly separated from society and adopted radical beliefs. In these ways Noboru was a reflection of the life of Mishima and the views he had of the Japanese culture in the mid-twentieth century. As a young boy and later as an adult Mishima would share characteristics with the young Noboru.
             Like Noboru, Yukio Mishima (born Kimitaka Hiraoka) grew up without a dominant father figure because his father was never around. However, Mishima's father still impacted his life greatly. He changed his name to Yukio Mishima because his father, an anti-literary government official, would not permit him to write. But like Noboru's mother couldn't prevent him from expressing his views through the gang, Mishima's father couldn't prevent him from writing.
             It was in his writing that Mishima could express his views of the Japanese culture that was slowly adopting western practices. In the first piece he wrote, Confessions of a Mask, Mishima discussed his homosexuality, and at the end of the piece he resolves that he will have to wear a "mask" so to avoid social scorn. In this way Mishima is in fact scorning the citizens of Japan who wear American "masks" so to fit in with society. Like Mishima, Noboru put his beliefs about Ryuji on paper in his diary. In Noboru's case he
             wrote about Ryuji's transformation from being the idealistic sailor to wearing the "mask" of a land-dwelling father, the worst occupation a man could have.
             Mishima and Noboru share the intentions of their beliefs on paper, as well as the implication of the beliefs through the similar people they associate with. In 1968, Yukio Mishima form
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