Monday, June 6, 2022

The Second Bakery Attack, By Haruki Murakami

 The Second Bakery Attack, By Haruki Murakami

Yuna Song


Rating: 8/10

The Second Bakery Attack’ has a fast development and intriguing story, which I thought was enough to arouse readers’ interest, including mine. Not only that but also the two scenarios: the underwater volcano scenario and the hunger scenario: developed in parallel with complementary explicit messages were also distinctive.

➤'The Second Bakery Attack'

Another appealing feature of this story was that it connoted various themes: the theme of old society versus modern society, the theme of old industry and craftsmen versus capitalism, the theme of marriage, the theme of passive man and the female muse, and also some magical elements. Different behavior of old baker and McDonald's employees definitely showed the contrast between old and modern society well, and McDonald's workers being afraid of messing the accounts up than the shotgun in front of themselves represented the power of capitalism suppressing people from deep consciousness. Moreover, Wagner’s music and cowboy music played on American Armed Forces radio also well symbolized the old-new contrast and perhaps implied the contrast between Germany and US which are both central countries affecting Japan for a long time.

Like this, I truly enjoyed discovering several themes and cultures of Japan through this story, which I gave 8 out of 10. (200 words)


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The Second Bakery Attack, By Haruki Murakami

  The Second Bakery Attack, By Haruki Murakami Yuna Song Rating: 8/10 ‘ The Second Bakery Attack’ has a fast development and intriguing stor...