Some important facts about The Statue of Liberty….. The statue of liberty was constructed by the combined efforts of France and United states of America. It was completed in the auspicious event of American independence on 28 th October, 1886… Some facts about liberty tower are-
The total height of the tower is 305 feet 6 inches, the copper section alone is 151 feet tall.
Seven rays on her crown represents seven continents.
Name of the book in her hand is JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776).
The tower’s weight is about 225 tons.
The size of the sandal in the statue is so massive that it would take 879 shoes to cover her massive feet.
Kafka on the shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.
Kafka on the Shore interweaves between two parallel plots to tell the story of Kafka Tamura — a 15-year-old boy who runs away from home to escape an Oedipal curse and Nakata — an elderly Japanese man who has an uncanny ability to speak to cats due to a childhood accident and who spends his days locating and returning lost cats to their owners. Although the two characters seem to be on their own journeys, their paths inevitably intertwine towards the end of the novel for an intriguing and hyper-surrealist ending.
Kafka’s journey represents both the freedom of escapism and the overwhelming sense of sadness from his solitude, he is no ordinary 15-year-old boy and his experiences are punctured by the discovery of love, loss, longing, and uncertainty of himself.
Conversely, Nakata is an elderly man in the twilight years of his life who seemingly lived a life without purpose or self-determination. Due to his inability to read or write, he is shunned by his family and society but his special ability to talk to cats leads him on an adventure involving murder, unusual things falling from the sky, and obtaining a stone to open the pathway to an alternate reality.
“Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
Whether you have a Murakami collection at home or are a newbie to his works, Kafka on the Shore is a fantastic starting point to dive into his mastermind.
This is undoubtedly a page-turner and metaphysical mind-f*ck to sink your teeth into — beautiful, haunting, and with no real solutions to the many riddles scattered in the novel. As Murakami states in an interview, the secret to understanding Kafka on the Shore is to read it several times and I have no doubt I will be re-reading this sometime in the future.
Personally HARUKI MURAKAMI is my favorite author. You will definitely love ❤his writing.
India leads the series by 2-1 in the 4th test match between India VS England. India slams a perfect victory with both bat and ball. India won by 157 runs. India first innings 191 /10 England 1st innings 290/10 India second innings 466/10 England 2nd innings 210/10 Rohit Sharma was given the player of the match award for his massive 127 knock in the second innings. A lot of questions were raised on the team selection and leaving out Ravichandran Ashwin in, but team India have answered them all with this fantastic win by gaining a 2-1 lead. Not many expected India to bounce back in such an emphatic manner after they were trailing by 99 runs at the halfway stage. But Rohit Sharma’s brilliance and Shardul Thakur’s contributions came to India’s rescue. A match for the ages, indeed. Hope you guys enjoyed our coverage over the last five days. 5th test starts from 10th September 2021.
Humans always get confused between antelope and gazelle. Deer can easily get recognised. Antelope and gazelle are members of the bovidae family while deer belong to the cervidae family. Gazelle can be antelopes, but not all antelopes are considered as gazelles. Here, we will compare deer Vs antelope Vs gazelle and conclude who will win if a fight took place between all these animals.
Shang-chi’s father, Wenwu, is an ancient warrior who possessed the Ten Rings, which granted him power and eternal life – but he always wanted more, so he travelled to the legendary city of Ta Lo which was said to guard mystical, otherworldly powers. There he met Jiang Li, the guardian of Ta Lo, and fell in love. However, the people of Ta Lo would not accept him, and Jiang Li gave up her powers and her life in Ta Lo to marry Wenwu who, in turn, gave up the ten rings and locked them away. His past caught up to him though and his compound was raided in revenge and Jiang Li was murdered, which turned Wenwu back into ‘The Mandarin’, putting the Ten Rings back on and training his son, Shang-Chi, to go after the man that killed his mother. Shang-Chi was sent to kill the man, but after doing so he ran away to San Francisco, taking on the life of Shaun, an average teenager. In the present day, Shang-Chi (who goes by Shaun) and his best friend Katy work as valet drivers until one day they’re attacked by Wenwu’s henchman Razorfist, who is after the pendant Shang-Chi wears (a gift from his mother). Knowing Razorfist will go after his sister Xialing, Shang-Chi and Katy head to Macau to find her but they are all captured and brought back to Wenwu’s compound. Wenwu reveals that his dead wife spoke to him from behind a great wall in Ta Lo where her people are keeping her captive, and he plans to burn the village down to free her. The pendants Shang-Chi and Xialing have are set into a statue that reveals a map to the entrance to Ta Lo, but they refuse to help and so Wenwu imprisons them and Katy. In an adjacent cell, they discover Trevor, who was spared death and effectively became Wenwu’s jester, along with a creature named Morris from Ta Lo who says he can lead them all there. They escape and head to Ta Lo, where Jiang Li’s sister Nan (Michelle Yeoh) greets them and explains why Wenwu is hallucinating his dead wife’s voice beckoning him there. Long ago there was a creature they call the Dweller in Darkness, that ate souls and was only defeated with the help of a dragon called The Great Protector, whose scales built a wall and imprisoned it and made weapons for the citizens of Ta Lo to use to protect the world, but every so often the creature lures people to it to try and free it, but everyone has failed. However, one who possesses the Ten Rings will succeed and set it free. Wenwu arrives, and he and Shang-Chi fight with Wenwu getting the upper hand, he pummels the wall, shifting the scales to let smaller, soul-sucking creatures go to fight the villager and eventually, the Dweller in Darkness is set free. Shang-Chi is saved by the dragon, who joins the fight but Wenwu is grabbed by the Dweller in Darkness and his soul is sucked out, but not before Wenwu gifts the rings to Shang-Chi. The creature manages to get the dragon in a hold and begins to eat its soul, but Katy fires an arrow into its throat, releasing its hold and the dragon kills the creature. Shang-Chi and Katy return to San Francisco, but are summoned by Wong to the Sanctum.
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