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Kobe Earthquake Research Paper

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Earthquakes are by definition a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. While the average person may think of an earthquake as what was previously mentioned, an earthquake can symbolize any number of things. An earthquake can be a life event, an emotional rugged patch or even a death, divorce or bad grade. In after the quake by Haruki Murakami, readers are deceived by the title. There is no explicit description of any events that followed an earthquake. The earthquakes take place in people's heads, relationships and lives in general. Although all of the stories are loosely based on the Kobe Earthquake in 1995, none directly respond …show more content…

The actual earthquake took place a month before every story in after the quake. The Kobe earthquake is mentioned in every story but is highlighted in a few specific stories. One of these is “ufo in kushiro”. In this story, Kimura's wife watched earthquake reports around the clock, barely eating and never speaking. At the end of the week, she walked out on him, leaving a note that reads: ''The problem is that you never give me anything. Or, to put it more precisely, you have nothing inside that you can give me. You are good and kind and handsome, but living with you is like living with a chunk of air.” This was all triggered by the Kobe earthquake and eventually lead to a crazy journey for Komura. In the story “thailand” Satsuki travels to thailand and trusts a cab driver, Nimit with some of her deepest thoughts. Satsuki is from Kyoto, a town not far from Kobe, the scene of the Kobe earthquake. She speaks a lot about earthquakes to Nimit, she says, “Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary...The earth, the boulders, that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid”. This depiction of an earthquake truly speaks to how earthquakes are physically depicted in this book, strong and sudden forces of

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