Answer these questions based on the the elephant vanishes by haruki murakami from “the elephant
vanishes” book. It is the last story in the book.
in case you don’t have the book here is it: http://files.meetup.com/16327332/Murakami,%20Haruki%20-
%20The%20Elephant%20Vanishes.pdf
- Choose one short story from Haruki Murakami’s The Elephant Vanishes that we have not read in class yet. Why did you choose this story to read? Write at least four sentences.
- Based on the short story that you have chosen, what are some themes in the story? Draw any connections from this short story to the other short stories that we have read in class. Write at least four sentences.
3.Given the Murakami readings we have done in class, how does the short story of your choice constitute as a quintessential “Haruki Murakami piece”? Specifically, in what ways does the short story exhibit characteristics that define a Murakami story in terms of style, motifs, structure, etc.? Write at least four paragraphs.