Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai states, “The “world,” after all, was still a place of bottomless horror. It was by no means a place of childlike simplicity where everything could be settled by a single then-and-there decision.” On August 6th, 1945, the United States made it clear what horror was, and how the power of one choice can affect generations to come. Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the means to an end, per President Truman’s standards. What was called the means to an end however, only resulted in

Atsushi has never lived a content or dormant life. He could not have been any older than 5 when he got his first memorable lesson in the unfairness of this world. His earliest memory were of him fighting with another child over possession of a toy doll. While he did get the doll through shoving and pushing the other child went and told their caretakers he stole it. It ended in him getting beat for stealing, having to miss dinner and having to give it back to the other child. He could still remember