Hard Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World Analysis

Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a novel that effectively blends science fiction and fantasy, written by Haruki Murakami, a well known Japanese writer. He is not only famous in Japan, but he also is successful in his books over the world with his work being translated into many languages due to his writing style and the way he conveys deep meaning of the book to readers. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a fun book which is be able to bring some messages about modern society through both fantasy and realistic worlds. The essay will examine in four main parts including describing the protagonist, the connection of him to other people, describing how the world around him was, and lastly analysis how the living of the protagonist …show more content…
Throwing the shadow is separating himself from being with his own shadow, the way is supposed to be naturally. Once he discovers that if he could get his mind and the town librarian’s mind back by reading the skulls, he would be able to know his former life and the girl would be able to love him back. As the result, he decides to live in the town. However, in the last couple pages, the shadow said to the man, “You yourself created this Town. You made everything here. The Wall, the River, the Woods, the Library, the Gate, Everything, Even the Pool” (p.399). It means he is living in his own making world. Everything is build up by his mind. Similarly to isolation in contemporary society, which people think they could live happily on his or her own without any connection to anyone outside and live with the mind they have. Actually it is not truly happiness, a person still needs love and someone to be with. That’s why the protagonist decides to live with the girl who is built by his mind. The mind never reaches the end so living lonely with the mind is isolation perfectly