As I delve further into "A Wild Sheep Chase" by Murakami, I must say that there is a interesting way of comparing it to today's society. As we talked about in class today, the philosophical view of Murakami is about the world we live in, which is part of postmodern writing. What I'm taking from this is the mundane way we can go thru society and not care about what troubles others. Boku has went thru a good portion of his life not really caring about anything except himself. This is a "cold" way of acting. There are consequences when one goes thru life this way. Are we, as a society doomed like Boku? His search is not really voluntary, yet he seems to be compelled by it. As if he knows there is something that is wrong with him. One personal question I have is the meaning of his friend, the "Rat". Is there some reason for this I missed? Also I wonder about a term we use when we are fighting to get to something that we may never get to, a "rat race". Boku is chasing his friend or following his steps a bit, the Rat and its a race to find him to get the strange guy from destroying his business.
The disconnectedness seemed to drive the Rat crazy and maybe will Boku too. Is this a way Murakami is trying to say that disconnectedness can drive one crazy? The disconnectedness that Boku has had him feeling has given him a chance to reflect on things a bit. There are questions I still have like the way all the women seemed to leave him. They all seem abrupt, or sudden like it came out of the blue, but did it or did we, thru Boku missed the signs? The song, Perfidia played after his girlfriend left him, as if the author is trying to say that she betryaed him for leaving him at the time he needs her the most. These messages are deep and ironic.
I had previously wrote that this might be a dream-like state for Boku, but I'm not sure about that now. If this is a horror type of finish, I can see some aspects of it. What I'm looking to see when I finish the book is if Boku finds what he is looking for and what will happen then? I can only hope what he finds is not something that will drive him to suicide. We'll see.
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An excellent, excellent and meaningful post. I'm excited that you find social commentary on Boku's apathy. Maybe there's a connection here to his sheep-like existence. We'll have to see. Will Boku reconnect? Will he lose his apathetic existence?
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