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Chapter 13
Explanation and Analysis—The Boy Called Crow:
The Boy Called Crow is Kafka’s imagined alter ego, a more confident version of himself that represents an inner strength which Kafka is unable to always access. Crow can be considered an unreliable narrator in two different ways: on the one hand, Crow is only a figment of Kafka's imagination, the result of Kafka distancing himself from his own thoughts and actions. Crow's very existence is unreliable. By attributing things to Crow, Kafka absolves himself of ownership of those thoughts, when in reality they are his.
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Chapter 29
Explanation and Analysis—The Boy Called Crow:
The Boy Called Crow is Kafka’s imagined alter ego, a more confident version of himself that represents an inner strength which Kafka is unable to always access. Crow can be considered an unreliable narrator in two different ways: on the one hand, Crow is only a figment of Kafka's imagination, the result of Kafka distancing himself from his own thoughts and actions. Crow's very existence is unreliable. By attributing things to Crow, Kafka absolves himself of ownership of those thoughts, when in reality they are his.
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Chapter 33
Explanation and Analysis—Beliefs and Reality:
One of the central themes of Kafka on the Shore is the power of belief to affect one’s perception of reality. All experiences are subjective, and Kafka on the Shore emphasizes the unreliability of any individual person's perspective by showing how those perspectives are sometimes warped or don't directly correspond to reality.
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