单选题 In November 1970 Yukio Mishima, together with some of his fanatical followers from the ultra nationalistic Shield Society which he had founded in 1966, broke into the headquarters of Japan's Eastern Defense Forces armed with swords and daggers, overpowered some aides, tied up the commanding general, and demanded that the troops be assembled to hear a speech. Mishima addressed the troops for ten minutes, inciting them to rebel against the constitutional government imposed by the United States that had, in his words, "turned Japan spineless. " Receiving only ridicule in response, he returned to the general's office and there, before the general's unbelieving eyes, proceeded to kill himself in strict accordance with the traditional samurai ritual of seppuku. After Mishima had driven a dagger deep into left abdomen, one of his aides severed his head with a sword. The aide likewise killed himself and was beheaded; the others surrendered.
In 1936 there had been a similar revolt and, though equally unsuccessful, it had foreshadowed the repressive regime of General Tojo that was to stage the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. That earlier revolt is the one referred to in Patriotism, one of Mishima's most powerful stories. Here life and fiction become joined. The act of seppuku was for Mishima a fulfillment, "the ultimate dream of my life. " Born of an ancient samurai family, he longed to die a hero's death in accordance with the ancient samurai code; but his weak body kept him from service in the war, and he had to compensate through body building (he became expert at karate and kendo) and, most important, through the discipline of writing. In his short lifetime he turned out twenty novels, thirty plays, many essays, and more than eighty stories; he also produced, directed, and acted in movies, and even sang on stage. His first book of stories, A Forest in Flower, appeared in 1943, but it was Confession of a Mask (1948), dealing with the meditations of a young man of homosexual leanings in a repressive society, that brought him fame.
Mishima has been called "Japan's Hemingway", while others have compared him to "aesthetic" writers like Walter Peter and Oscar Wilde.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 文中第二段说，对于Mishima来说，剖腹自杀是一种满足，是其一生中的最终梦想；Mishima出生于一个封建武士家庭，他希望像一个英雄那样牺牲，但是他虚弱的身体使他不能在战时从军。据此可知A项错误。B项错误，文中引用的对三岛由纪夫(Mishima)的总体评价比较中立和正面，并没有说他是疯狂的作家。D项错误，最后一段介绍了两种对他的评价，可见评论家们莫衷一是。因此只有C项是正确的。