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…
In the 1985 novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Murakami distinct use of parallel narration illustrates the complexity of human thought and behavior. Expressing the fine connection between the conscious and subconscious part of the mind. Through the use of motifs and relating characters in each narration, Murakami is able to outline the faint relationship between the conscious and subconscious parts of the human mind. This relationship can be seen from…
with, I must say Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was one of my most interesting books I have ever read, only because it’s was very fun and interesting to read. Also I thought it was an intensely engaging book because it had many social and philosophical issues that have oddly become true since being published in 1985. After finishing this book chapter 31-40 was just really summing up everything, yet it was a bit confusing to me too. What I have to say, I started to notice myself…
to create a successful “world” for a reader to dive into. In an essay “On Fairy Stories,” written by Tolkien, he describes to us what he believes makes a “fairy story,” a “fairy story.” One of these rules he describes is Escape and the ways a story can connect, not only within itself but, with the reader in order to create a total immersion between the reader and book. When I had read Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami, it was clear to me that this was not a…