Haruki Murakami proves his expertise in writing by the use of symbols that has references from

the cultural practices, traditional beliefs and even from Greek mythology. Since the beginning of

the novel, Murakami portrays a list of symbols and makes use of this symbolism to develop the

plot of the novel. He paints his mastery of words over the novel by connecting every single

dominant object or an activity of human life and nature to plot of the novel by making it a

symbol; the shore, crow, traveling, humans dying, animals being killed, spirits, human

connection with the dead and music. One may find that the author has connected all the symbols

in the novel that spun into a beautiful plot of the novel. The readers can find out how every

symbolism paves way for the character to jump into proceeding to the end of both the novel and

the end of the mental confusion of Kafka. At times it is seen that Kafka himself being the

connector of all the symbolism portrayed in the novel. Had he not started his travel, had he not

met the characters like Sakura, Miss Saeki, Oshima one by one, he would not have crossed over

to the entrance stone to get his mental intricacies solved. Similarly on the other hand, if not

Satoru Nakata had been a victim of the Rice Bowl Hill incident, he would not have got the

ability to talk to cats, find Johnnie Walker, kill himself, save the cats and kill himself, finally

helping Kafka out of the spirit world which is Kafka’s subconscious psychological tunnel. Thus

all the symbols used by Murakami connect the characters together at a point and thus progress

the characters and the plot of the novel.