Kafka’s decision to run away
and the practical planning he has put towards this goal demonstrate that he
values the ability to survive on his own. The mysterious character Crow,
however, points out Kafka’s insecurities and the extent to which he doubts his
own abilities.
Crow warns Kafka that he
will have to weather a storm—a storm that he will not be able to outrun,
because it is within Kafka himself. Kafka predicts that he will run away from
home, journey to a distant town, and live in the corner of a small library.
Afterwards, he will be
Kafka is obsessed with the
idea that, deep within his body, there is some kind of physical manifestation
of the evil his father passed on to him. If Kafka isn’t careful, he worries,
this darkness will of The Body
Kafka decides to head from
his home in Tokyo towards Takamtsu, in Shikoku, Western Japan. He leaves the
house and boards a bus headed West. Even as he drifts off to sleep on the
speeding bus, Kafka can feel the omen following him.
Despite putting physical
distance between himself and his father, Kafka feels as if there is a dark omen
following him. Kafka’s belief in this omen shapes how he perceives everything
around him, even when things are going well.
Toro is one of many surreal
charabours in the novel who seem to be able to offer mysterious predictions
about the near future. Toro’s cryptic advice helps Hoshino know what to do.
This is especially helpful given that Hoshino feels at a loss without the
guidance Nakata provided. Although Nakata’s directions up until his death had
seemed to be fairly random and cryptic, without them, Hoshino realizes that he
feels lonely and unsure of himself. With Toro’s help, Hoshino relies on his own
instincts to finish the supernatural mission that Nakata started
After the stone is closed,
it’s fairly easy to dispatch the creature—Hoshino cuts it up into small pieces
and bags them up. Hoshino realizes that it’s time to go home. In a way, Nakata
will live on through him, because he knows that from now on, he will try to see
things from Nakata’s perspective. He’s almost a container for Nakata’s soul.
Hoshino leaves the apartment.
Hoshino has learned much
over the course of his brief, strange relationship with Nakata. He feels a
renewed sense of purpose and self-worth. He also has the strange feeling that
Nakata’s essence will live on, even though his physical body has died. He vows
to honor that living memory.
The story “The Boy Named
Crow” that was excerpted from “Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami, that is
from Japan, was about Kafka and Crow’s interactions talking about Kafka’s plan
to run away. It started with Crow asking Kafka if he has the money needed for
his necessities so he is prepared for the outside world after he flee. Crow
keeps interrogating him about what he haves in mind and gave an advice to him
that fate is something that you cannot escape and that he should be strong in
order to face it and Kafka did put this advice in heart. Eventually on Kafka’s
fifteenth birthday he intended to run away from home, goes to a journey in a
far away town and lives in a small library, being the
Most people might have the
thought of wanting to run away it could be because of their responsibilities,
pressure from parents or school, having depression or stress from life. They
could run away by literally leaving home or just mentally escape by smoking,
drinking or spends more time with their peers rather than at home. Murakami’s
“The Boy Named Crow” communicates to us people whom have this thoughts in the
back of our mind. He wants us to see that we do can run away but we need to
keep in mind the consequences, running away is just a temporary solution in our
problems and that in the long run we will forced to face it again and again
until we surely solved it because it is something we cannot escape from.
I have personally enjoyed
this story and appreciates its value on how well-written it is and despite
being extracted from a long novel the text contains a bigger message than
originally thought it may. Life may be full of struggles, problems, worries and
responsibilities and you might think that it is too hard for you to deal with
but no matter how hard it is, running away was never a permanent solution to
your problem and that for you to grow up you need to face the challenges that
comes to you and that is what makes life all about.
