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Tamura's Morality In 'Fires On The Plain'

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In Fires on the Plain, Tamura's morality can be interpreted as him moving into and then back out of his memories during the war, constantly questioning the accuracy of his personal memories that enables him to tell his story. Tamura's questioning of himself is necessary to his reclaiming a sense of being, but it creates other issues along the way. When Tamura accepts the guilt of his immoral wartime actions and intentionally chooses not to forget what he did is the moment when others perceive him as insane. After his repatriation, and up to the point at which he voluntarily entered the psychiatric hospital, he had been able to live a normal life. Tamura had reintegrated into Japanese society only by repressing his memories and refuting
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