Kafka on the Shore was definitely a different novel from any other book on the shelves. Filled with explicit scenes of unconventional sexual desires, gruesome cat-killing descriptions, and a complex, twisted journey of both the tastes of dream, desire, and fantasy, Kafka definitely was not an ordinary kid.
The book was neither an ordinary book and it did not depict confusing bizarre moments as pointless confusion. The book comes in a full circle: with the beginning full of questions, questions without a right answer, and multiple beginnings to separate stories, the book then vaguely answers the questions presented at the beginning and ties all the stories in a big bundle at the end - like destiny.
Because of how the book was written and presented, I definitely believe that there were some big symbolism and allegories within the novel that one might be unable to detect the first time. I believe all people's lives all begin with questions and might live their life in search for the answer like Kafka, and like Kafka, once again, might never have a complete answer in the end. Also, sometimes life presents simple questions that we are able to answer right away but because of the answer, it leads to another. Life is just as complex as the dreams and confusion within the book. Maybe it's all from evolution that we have adapted to juggle multiple things in life at once, or maybe sometimes we choose to avoid and run away. However it is, I know that our lives, like the book, will nicely tie itself at the end, maybe sometimes with loose vague knots, but nevertheless, everything comes in place and fit perfectly together - like destiny.
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