Toplumun bir parçası olan yazarın eserlerinde sosyal normlardan esinlendiğigörülür. Bu durum, Mishima Yukio 'nun "Vatansever" adlı öyküsü için de geçerlidir.Söz konusu öyküdeki karakterler incelendiğinde, Mishima 'nın Japon imparatoru,ulusu ve kadını hakkında bilgi sahibi olunacaktır.

As member of society, writer ’s works contain social norms. In that sense,it is possible to find out Mishima Yukio ’s ideas on Japan and its people in the shortstory "Yükoku", which has been translated into English as “Patriotism”. Thecharacters of the story are presumed to represent Mishima ’s thoughts on theEmperor, the Japanese nation and Japanese women as well. Therefore, the analysisof this story enables the reader to understand the coherence between fact andfiction.