the who he theorizes to be his long lost mother, is also crucial for library’s supervisor, Kafka in finding his identity. As Crow narrates it, the moment he forgives his mother through Miss Saeki, frozen part and Gabriel are “the of” Kafka’s “heart crumbles.” Endō correct in including forgiveness as a part of to being freed from his Kafka’s journey curse; however, another important component of his liberation from the prophecy father’s is his realization that while there are things that one must face alone, he cannot completely alienate himself from society and other people. As states, Ōshima “‘…my point is that really hard for people to live their lives Of course, Kafka learns it’s alone.’” this as he realizes that without the help of people like Sakura, who allows him to stay in her house the first night he is away from home, and and Miss Saeki, who allow Ōshima him to live in the spare room of the library, he would have been in lost. Nakata is also emotionally and physically forsaken by his parents after his memory loss. His totally focused on their ignored him “parents – children’s education – and turned their attention to his younger and sent him to be raised by his brothers,” grandparents. Despite his abandonment, Nakata does not hold resentment towards his parents as Kafka does towards his mother. Additionally, unlike Kafka, who believes when he first sets out on his journey that he will be able to move completely independently from others, Nakata, who is always worrying about losing his government subsidy, is aware that although he leads a very closed off world with little outside contact, he needs the help of others in order to live. When Mimi the cat aids him in locating Goma, the lost cat that he is searching for, he tells her that he get by “‘can’t without other people’s help.’”
the library’s supervisor, who he theorizes to be his long lost mother, is also crucial for Kafka in finding his identity. As Crow narrates it, the moment he forgives his mother through Miss Saeki, “the frozen part of” Kafka’s “heart crumbles.” Endō and Gabriel are correct in including forgiveness as a part of Kafka’s journey to being freed from his father’s curse; however, another important component of his liberation from the prophecy is his realization that while there are things that one must face alone, he cannot completely alienate himself from society and other people. As Ōshima states, “‘…my point is that it’s really hard for people to live their lives alone.’” Of course, Kafka learns this as he realizes that without the help of people like Sakura, who allows him to stay in her house the first night he is away from home, and Ōshima and Miss Saeki, who allow him to live in the spare room of the library, he would have been in lost. Nakata is also emotionally and physically forsaken by his parents after his memory loss. His “parents – totally focused on their children’s education – ignored him and turned their attention to his younger brothers,” and sent him to be raised by his grandparents. Despite his abandonment, Nakata does not hold resentment towards his parents as Kafka does towards his mother. Additionally, unlike Kafka, who believes when he first sets out on his journey that he will be able to move completely independently from others, Nakata, who is always worrying about losing his government subsidy, is aware that although he leads a very closed off world with little outside contact, he needs the help of others in order to live. When Mimi the cat aids him in locating Goma, the lost cat that he is searching for, he tells her that he “‘can’t get by without other people’s help.’”
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