No-No Boy | Ichiro Yamada's Search for Psychic Wholeness
Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English and has published many articles on twentieth century literature. In this essay, he discusses Ichiro Yamada’s search for psychic wholeness and his lost sense of belonging.
At the beginning of No-No Boy, Ichiro Yamada is in the midst of an identity crisis as he tries to put his life back together following his release from two years in prison. The unity of his family has been shattered irreparably, and he does not know where he belongs, feeling that he was “born not soon enough or not late enough” and is therefore “neither Japanese nor American.” Using a structural rhythm that alternates between Ichiro’s encounters with various Japanese Americans and white Americans and his intense reflections about his own situation, the novel tells the...
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