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Subjects: Critical Approaches , Norwegian Wood, Critique Paper, Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood: A Femenist Evaluation

Sexual intercourse and masturbation has become a lethal and susceptible activity for the

youth of Japan, and withal losing a virginity for women (Ghaznaki, Sakamoto et al., 2019).

Norwegian Wood was about the love triangle established with Toru Watanabe after Kizuki, his

friend, committed suicide that left his girlfriend, Naoko, obstructed. The intimacy of their

relationship then, has developed gradually, and even slept once, till Naoko has to seek medical

treatment away from the crowded city of Tokyo. Toru, as a man, needs to take his sexual needs

and that’s where he met Midori, a carefree woman that happens to be the third side of the pyramid.

Watanabe fell inlove with her instantly, almost forgetting his affection to Naoko. In the end, Naoko

has worsened and committed suicide without much as suicide note, but a goodbye that was never

been explained. Norwegian Wood is a verily rigid story that toughly and thoroughly discussed

depression, suicides and sexual affection for men and women that gives me a bumps of a throbbing

heart. It shows how mostly men, like Toru himself, used a woman’s body to exploit his longing

and isolation.

“Don’t judge a book by it's cover,” was a prominent watchwords or idioms that was passed

throughout the decades from an African Speech American, 'You Can’t Judge a Book of it’s

Binding,' (1994), nevertheless, for a bookreader or an ink drinker; cover outlines, synopsis, title,

and the background comments of a book are “a salesman to the audiences” (Buzzwords, 2018).

Norwegian Wood, however, ineffectively convey the strong appeal and impression to the explicit

context of the book. The cover designs from Japanese edition, was neat and simple but implicitly

shows stereotyping; it visualizes a typical neutral woman, Naoko, that according to Weinreb

(2018), depicts to the self-same title from a song of The Beatle i.e. a reflection of cheating and

woman marginalization. Therefore, the title complimented to the title not effectively for the

contemporary society. On the other note, reading the synopsis was gradually appealing and fair. It

has a precise, and carefully selected words that delicately give a good impression to the reader.

The cover was not impressively done from the stereotyping approach with the lurking meaning of

the title and cover, but decent enought to try once.

The plot was diversely authentic; Norwegian Wood delineates an unexplainable reality

beneath Watanabe's perspective to an ordinary life, it almost revolve around his own sexual desires

and the empty feeling of loneliness. The plot oftenly makes every woman, to his life, looks fragile

and dependent on him. Nevertheless, the beginning, and denouement were lofty applaudable to

begin with. It shows a prowess of regrets and repentance to the characterization of the protagonist

to the two counter ladies, Naoko and Midori. According to Tanner (2019), it initiated as Watanabe

reminisced about his life 20 years ago in his college life meeting Naoko after Kizuki's death, and

ended with being sorry for his sudden disappearance to Midori after Naoko's death. Reading it was

powerful, and perfectly contemplated the story. The theme was “a nostalgic loss and burgeoning

sexuality” (Bauer, 2000). Watanabe has slept with almost half of the female character in the novel;

it clearly emphasizes the frail and vulnerability of women, merely to dismount the grief and sorrow

of the main protagonist. Lastly, the climax was unexpectedly terrifying and impressive. It was the

twist of Naoko’s revelation and death that brought the gloomy atmosphere of the fiction novel.

Despite the stereotyping and generalization shown in the plot of the story, Norwegian Wood has a

great storyline and twists; and withal, shows a brave stand to the perspective of illed persona.

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