Remember me… (Norwegian Wood)

Most human beings are in need of giving and receiving love, consciously or unconsciously, and we all want to be remembered for something, to leave a mark in this world or in somebody’s heart.  

Naoko, even though she is a quiet girl shows this need too, when she tells Watanabe while they were taking a walk, that one of the things she wishes is to never be forgotten by him “I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you like this?”(p.9)

Norwegian wood is a very nostalgic book, it reflects many important human feelings, and this quote shows very clear how even someone like Naoko, who seems to be lost in this world, doesn’t show her feelings very often and walks ahead of you instead of walking by your side, is afraid of being forgotten, just like any other human being, I´ve felt like that too.

Watanabe´s answer to Naoko´s wish shows the love he feels for her “I’ll never forget you, I said. I could never forget you”(p.9). I felt moved when I read his reply, because one of the most beautiful feelings in the world is to be loved in return.

Vocabulary:

Sprinklers

- A device used for watering lawns.

-An object that sprays water.

-“Circulating sprinklers caught the sunlight as they turns” p.12

Banner

- A long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, hung in a public place or carried in a demonstration or procession.

-flag

-“Down the banner would come and find its place in the box”

Solemn

-Formal and dignified.

-“Each day at the comlex began with the solemn raising of the flag. p 13”

Pudgy

-Slightly fat

-Chubby

-Uniform was short, pudgy, and pasty faced.

Bristly

- Having a stiff and prickly texture.

- Something that doesn’t have a smooth and soft feeling.

-“His bristly hair was flecked with gray”