Death may in fact be the clue 9/18

Today, for my blog, I wanted to elaborate on what was discussed in this morning's class period. The topics of time, names, sheep, and cold were analyzed in many different ways. I definitely agreed with most peoples analyses, however, one of my favorite comparison's was the intertexual connection with the movie The Sixth Sense. I had thought while reading Wild Sheep Chase that Boku may indeed be dead and simply trying to exist through the stages of purgatory. However, I never put two and two together that he may indeed not know that he is dead (like Bruce Willis's character). It actually all makes complete sense to me (although I have not read the end of the book yet and I probably will be wrong). With that said, connecting all the odd ends together creates an interesting thriller of death, mourn, and acceptance. First of all, the odd conversation with the ex wife in the beginning of the story, who oddly waited for two days to see him, but did not actually want to be there when he returned home seemed unfinished. Plus, clearing out all memories of the couple seemed over the top as if she simply wanted to forget he ever existed. Although many relationships end in divorce, I do not know of a couple that goes to those lengths to eliminate even an inkling of connection. Another example, although broad, is Boku's lack of emotion towards everything. Once deceased, all emotion and feeling is eliminated, hence his odd personality. Finally, once up north, his lack of time could potentially symbolize his "crossing over" from purgatory where time continues, to heaven or hell where time stands still. Because he may have not accepted his fate yet could be an explanation for his physical need to turn the clock manually.
I know that this analysis is a bit out there, I just feel that this could be a unique, twisted end that Murakami was searching for in his interesting, deep writing style.