Hakuchi is credited as "the first post-war novel in its real sense. " The author displayed the disordered and collapsed environment with disrupted orders in the Japanese society at the end ofWWII in an extreme way and shaped the image of youth intellectuals sinking into ethical predicament. The contact between lsawa and the idiotic girl constructed the main ethical line of the story and the ethical selection of lsawa ran throughout the story from its beginning to end. Ango expresses his thoughts towards the nation and social system with the eth...
