After reading The Strange Library, I found the Boku in that book to be a bit different than the other Bokus in Murakami's works. Boku from The Strange Library seemed to be more emotional and shy, and I'm not sure if it's because he was younger also. However, I liked this Boku more than the other Bokus. I'm not too sure why but I had the impression that the other Bokus were more stoic and nonchalant even though they clearly aren't. All the Bokus do share the trait of indecisiveness, which I thought was interesting.
After discussing The Strange Library in the context of the mind's consciousness, I realized that my interpretation of the book changed. The jail seems to be the hidden dark side possibly holding in thoughts that a person would like to forget, seem forbidden to society, or are scary to the person. The old man in the book seems to be some sort of demon inside that realm of the human mind, which would make sense to me because he was definitely a frightening character. I think it would be interesting to re-read the book and analyze it with the context of the human mind, because I think it could tell a whole new story.
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