The most interesting thing that we talked about this week is the “Hard Boiled Detective.” I have never heard of this before. I can see how it relates to Murakami though. The book is in first person narrative for the most part, and just like the Hard Boiled Detective films it is pretty secretive, you only know what you need to know as you read. The other thing that I wanted to add was, when the group presented on Tuesday and talked about the musical influences Murakami has in his work it made me think of a person I met this summer. I met a person from Japan this summer. (He was the owner of the toner factory I worked in.) While talking to him I could tell he didn’t understand a lot what the people around him were saying, but as soon as we started talking to him about our music his eye lit up. Like Murakami he also likes CCR and the Beatles. It was just fun knowing that what Ricky was talking about I could somewhat relate to and understand.