It is "obscene for human beings to live only for themselves"

While surfing through blogs; I came across Rohit's blog ( http://missedink.blogspot.com/ ), in which he blogged about Mishima's dedication to the life of a samurai.  What I found interesting about it was the youtube link, of Mishima’s last speech, that he posted along with the blog.

               In the speech, he talks about “dying for a ‘great cause’” (Mishima 1:32) and how it is now something of the past. He states that because of the “democratic political system” (Mishima 1:37) there is no need for a “great cause” (Mishima 1:35). This “great cause” (Mishima 1:25) that he speaks of comes from the “need to die for something” (Mishima 1:20) when they get “bored of living for themselves” (Mishima 1:13). I found this interesting because it relates to a discussion that was brought up in class about why Noboru disliked Ryuji. One of the points that were brought up was that, Noboru was unhappy of the fact that Ryuji was going to give up the life of a sailor so that he could live with Fusako.  As Mishima’s values are expressed, I would assume that Noboru feels that Ryuji is doing this out of his own selfishness; since he is neglecting his job that is very dependant on, a sailor plays a very important role in Japan (Japan is by the ocean meaning a lot supplies can be deported and imported using ships). Therefore, as Noboru does not intend to let Ryuji dishonor the “great cause” he kills Ryuji so that he would die an honorable death.

               I’m not sure if that made sense but basically I wanted to say that since Mishima believes in death for a “great cause”, as the author of sailor his values are put in the storyline and since the ending is ambiguous; I think that Noboru kills Ryuji before he can “live for himself” so that he can die for a “great cause”