著者

安達 義弘

出版者

福岡国際大学・福岡女子短期大学

雑誌

福岡国際大学紀要 (ISSN:13446916)

巻号頁・発行日

no.12, pp.5-12, 2004-07

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How can we understand that a man lives as a man? This is one of the main concerns in this paper. The focus of consideration here is the final letters that Kamikaze soldiers sent to their families and friends. These Kamikaze soldiers were odered to make sorties with only enough fuel to go one way. Writing the letters was the last opportunity for the soldiers to declare their beliefs to their families and friends and confirm the meaning of their being. Writing a letter was one of the means for each one of the soldiers to confirm his self-identity as a narrative just before his death. Living ( in this case, dying ) according to the narrative he wrote in his letter was the means for each soldier to realize his self-identity as a man at the last of his life.