Norwegian

Wood
by
Haruki Murakami
GROUP 3
Alung Ramadhan
Asra Annika
M Eza Difa Aryansyah
Ratu Kholiah
 Introduction
• This novel tells about Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious
young college student in Tokyo, who is devoted to Naoko, a
beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual
passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years
before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness
and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and
responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her
own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn
to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman...
 Symbolism
There are two symbols in
Norwegian Wood.
There are the forest and the woods.
It represent adolescence and
mental illness. Naoko retreats to
the woods to treat her severe
depression. When Toru visits her,
his return to the woods means a
return to his adolescence and its
accompanying trauma.
 Metaphor
“Naoko of the perfect flesh”

Describing Naoko as the

"Naoko of the perfect flesh’”
uses a metaphorical expression to
emphasize her physical perfection.
 Metaphor

"forge a bond to sustain each other"

Describing the creation of a bond as

forging, employing a metaphor for the
strength and resilience of their connection.
 Personification
"take over and begins to eat the
cucumber“

The act of taking over is personified

, suggesting a sense of agency in the
cucumber-eating process..
 Symbolism
"packed a cucumber for her to feed
him"

The cucumber might carry

symbolic meaning, possibly
representing a connection or
an attempt to provide care,
considering it is offered to a
dying man.
 Metaphor
"allow people to understand
themselves better and thus adapt to "endless metropolitan expanse in
“burst of new life just before his
death” their own deformities" which to continually run away“

Describing a renewed The term "deformities" is

appetite as a burst of new metaphorically used to The metropolitan
life uses a metaphor to represent personal expanse is metaphorically
convey vitality. challenges or described as a space for
shortcomings.. continual escape.
.
 Simile
We forged straight ahead, as if our walking were a

religious ritual meant to heal our wounded spirits

The simile suggests that their walking resembles a
religious ritual meant for emotional or spiritual
healing. It emphasizes the profound and symbolic
nature of their continuous movement, elevating it
beyond a mundane activity to a purposeful journey
addressing wounded spirits..

You look like you’ve seen a

ghost
This simile means you appear shocked or
frightened, similar to someone who has just
encountered a ghost. It suggests a visible expression
of surprise or fear on your face.
 Conclusions

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Please note that these

interpretation may vary and the
identification of figurative
language can sometimes be
subjective
 Thank’s For pay
attention 
our faces were no more than ten inches apart, but she was light-years away from me
(page 175)