Haruki Murakami by Chikako Nihei

Author:Chikako Nihei
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

The women’s claim about Ōshima’s lack of awareness of his act of discrimination demonstrated through his “ignorance of others’ pains,” in return, proves their “ignorance of others’ pains.” Equating everything that disagrees with their feminist point of view with a form of discrimination, they are less aware that they can also hurt others with their intolerance and prejudice. Ōshima finally declares his sexuality to them and asks whom he is discriminating against, which marks the end of their argument. Rather than criticising the feminists’ point of view, Ōshima disapproves of their unwillingness to acknowledge that while accusing others of lacking imagination they can be guilty of the same lack of imagination. In this sense, he calls the feminists, referring to T.S. Eliot’s work, “the hollow men” (Murakami, 2007a: 384). As long as they remain ignorant, they do not feel responsible for their ignorance, as seen in the case of Eichmann.6

The incident with the feminists in the library further encourages Kafka to think about imagination. His interest in imagination helps him understand the effects of metaphor, which is elaborated in his search for his mother.

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