Haruki Murakami

What is war? “Another Way to Die” is a short story by Haruki Murakami. The story takes place during one of the last days of World War Two in the Hsin-ching zoo located in Japanese-occupied China. Murakami wrote about a day of a Japanese veterinarian, Lieutenant, and his soldiers. Murakami shows how war makes people take actions they would have never taken in their life. Murakami helps the reader understand the type of person the veterinarian is by writing about the strong belief the veterinarian…

COMPLICATED, yet eloquent. Breath-taking, yet unique. This is how I describe Super- Frog Saves Tokyo, a peculiar story which was written by Murakami Haruki and was translated by Jay Rubin. In connection with this, this story of Murakami proves his different and astonishing style of writing fiction stories. Moreover, this fiction story of him proves his expertise in depicting imaginary people in imaginary situation. On the other hand, there are hardworking people who are not acknowledged. There…

Throughout Haruki Murakami’s, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running he goes though the connection running has with his writing. Not only did he use running to clear his head, he used running to hold himself accountable to the goals he set for himself. He is a man who allowed himself to pursue his dream and not hold back. Running at first was just a hobby he had ran some marathons but he was never a big competitor the goal was all in his own mind. He just wanted to feel proud of his own…

on Haruki Murakami’s On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning. I love how Murakami gets right into the story with the sentence, “…I walked past the 100% perfect girl” (1). Who is a perfect girl or guy? I think there is no such thing as perfect girl or guy, speaking in a general sense. There is only the “perfect girl or guy” for a certain person, like saying, “He or she is perfect for me.” While said perfect person may not be so perfect to someone else. Notice how Murakami…

A question asked about The Seventh Man is whether or not the narrator should forgive himself for not being able to save his beloved childhood friend K. However, this remains clear that forgiveness toward himself is in the best opinion of the narrator. Forgiveness of one’s self-contributes to “full moral repair” and is a “[duty] to self (157, Nancy Sherman).” In the story, The Seventh Man, the narrator (also known as the seventh man) feels a great deal of survivor guilt associated with the fact…

their lives in a dangerous situation should be held accountable because they put their life in danger and should pay for their decision. In the short story The Seventh Man by Haruki Murakami, talks about a typhoon that swept into town and killed a mans bestfriend. “I knew that I could have saved K. if I had tried.” (Murakami 140) The quote shows that the seventh man knows what was happening and he could have helped K. They knew what they were getting themselves into. They went into a sticky…

itching internal conflict controlling their every action are men without women. The desire to become someone else or even disappear to cope with the hurt and haunting desolation a woman can cause a man to feel is exactly what each male character in Haruki Murakami’s ‘Men Without Women’ feel in one way or another. The confusion life can bring calls for a clear perception of yourself. The characters in the short stories struggle recognizing their internal conflict that is causing them pain or…

In today’s presentation, David and Laura spoke about the themes of xenophobia and imperialism explored in the book of short stories “The Elephant Vanishes” written by Haruki Murakami. I thought it was incredibly interesting the way that they tied back the protagonists and their vulnerability, lack of agency, and isolation to Japan and what it went through as a culture leading up to World War II. They also spoke of Japanese culture and whether or not these stories served as a commentary about…

“a golden chariot which brought the sun across the skies each day” (Cartwright). Toru Okada, Haruki Murakami’s protagonist in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, finds his life in upheaval: after having a mid-life crisis and quitting his job, both his cat and wife disappear and in their place, more and more intriguing people enter his day-to-day business. Just as the Greeks created myths to make meaning, Murakami morphs the once literal thoughts of Toru to a stream of consciousness littered with…

shouldn't feel survivor's guilt. Some people others feel survivors shouldn't feel survivor's guilt. One reason survivors of life and death situations should not feel survivor's guilt because it could ruin lives of innocent people.The Seventh Man by Haruki Murakami is a short story. This short story is about a young boy who lost his friend at seashore and have always felt like he was the one to blame for his friends death.So he thought staying away from his home town would help him not feel…