Study on "Ego" in Kafka on the Shore

DOI

10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.178How to use a DOI?

Keywords

prophecy; ego and power; good and evil of human nature

Abstract

Haruki Murakami's literary works mostly focus on the themes such as magic, prophecy, life and death, good and evil. And the novel "Kafka on the Shore" embodies this feature. The struggle between ego and power is hidden in the work. The protagonist struggles in the good and evil of human nature outlines the longing for power and ugly nature in the illusion and real world. The text is full of metaphors of human nature and critique of power. It has rich research value. The novel has both the classic Murakami style double-line article structure and the borrowing of ancient Greek mythology story Oedipus. Through the magical storyline, metaphorical methods are used to describe the goodness and evil of human nature. First of all, through the analysis and comparison of the protagonist, the paper analyzes the difference between good and evil in the novel. Secondly, by comparing and contrasting the changes of "ego" in life and death, illusion and reality, the relationship between "ego" and power is clarified. Finally, the author finds the criteria for defining the good and evil of ego, power, and human nature in "Kafka on the Shore".

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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