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Sagisawa Megumu’s literature addresses the non-mainstream life that was insufficient for the past. In her literary works, she brings up ‘changing oneself’ as a topic portraying a marginal man who is stuck between the past and the present and between an ideal and a reality. The main theme of her literary works is an identity of a marginal man like a Korean resident in Japan. In 1987, she won ‘the Rookie of the Year Award in the Literature’ for ‘Riverside’, a novel which deals with a family and father. Since then the main theme of her literary works remain the same. Her novel ‘Running Boy’ also deals with a relationship with father. In 1992, she won ‘Award of Izumi kyoka ’ for ‘Running Boy’. While the previous novels depict families in a negative way, the main character in ‘Running Boy’ establishes his identity firmly through the existence of his father. Through this literatures, Moreover, she became a candidate for ‘Prize of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’ and ‘rookie of the year award of Noma literary’ several times. So got recognized her literary value as modern authors of Japan. This article reveals the features of Sagisawa literature and figure out her identity. And this paper focuses on verifying the value of literature as texting itself. Because precious studies about Sagisawa literature concentrated on value of Korean Japanese literature. This article shows how author’s recognition of father has changed and how this change has affected her following novels. The article also explores the rhetorical techniques Sagisawa has used for her literary works. It is affirmed that ‘implicative meaning expressions’ in the of her literature.It causes new perspectives of readers that her expressions presenting past and present, demarcation between ideal and realities and restoring to daily routine. The aim of this article is to discuss the literary value of ‘Running Boy’ and to figure out what ‘Running Boy’ means to the author.