Toru’s roommate in the private dorm he lives in upon first arriving in Tokyo. “Clean-crazy,” stuttering, and obsessed with timeliness, exercise, and regimentation of his routine, Storm Trooper serves as a kind of comic relief throughout the novel as Toru tells comical stories about him to entertain and amuse his other friends.
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Storm Trooper Character Timeline in Norwegian Wood
The timeline below shows where the character Storm Trooper appears in Norwegian Wood. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...Toru’s room, however, is “sanitary as a morgue” due to his cleanliness-obsessed roommate, nicknamed “ Storm Trooper ” for his regimented preoccupation with keeping things clean, neat, and orderly. Storm Trooper is...
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...to spend the afternoon together walking through the city. Toru regales Naoko with tales of Storm Trooper and his ridiculous early-morning exercise routines but is unsure of what to say to her...
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Chapter 3
...so they spend the days together cooking and hanging out at Naoko’s apartment. In January, Storm Trooper comes down with a terrible fever, but recovers almost spontaneously after Toru spends days nursing...
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...than the people he meets at work he sees and talks to hardly anyone but Storm Trooper . In June, he writes Naoko another letter, but sending it only makes him feel...
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At the end of July, Storm Trooper , who is packing to go on a summer holiday, gives Toru a firefly trapped...
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Chapter 4
...“meaningless,” and that all he can do is suffer through his remaining years of boredom. Storm Trooper does not return to the dormitory, and Toru is grateful for the chance to live...
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Chapter 10
...hear from Naoko or Nagasawa, either, and he even starts to miss his old roommate, Storm Trooper . As May arrives, Toru feels a lonely “trembling” in his heart. Toru does makes...
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