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Midori’s father. By the time Toru meets Mr. Kobayashi, he is in the hospital, dying from a malignant brain tumor. Mr. Kobayashi is quiet, hoarse, and deeply ill—a far cry, Midori says, from the man he was when he was healthy, a man who loved his wife above all else and worked hard every day of his life to support his daughters and pay back his loans.
Mr. Kobayashi Quotes in Norwegian Wood
The Norwegian Wood quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Kobayashi or refer to Mr. Kobayashi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“What marks his plays is the way things get so mixed up the characters are trapped. Do you see what I mean? A bunch of different people appear, and they’ve all got their own situations and reasons and excuses, and each one is pursuing his or her own brand of justice or happiness. As a result, nobody can do anything.”
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Chapter 9
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“Know what I did the other day?” Midori asked. “I got all naked in front of my father’s picture. Took off every' stitch of clothing and let him have a good, long look. Kind of in a yoga position. Like, ‘Here, Daddy, these are my tits, and this is my cunt.’”
“Why in the hell would you do something like that?” I asked.
“I don’t know, I just wanted to show him.”
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Mr. Kobayashi Quotes in Norwegian Wood
The Norwegian Wood quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Kobayashi or refer to Mr. Kobayashi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
“What marks his plays is the way things get so mixed up the characters are trapped. Do you see what I mean? A bunch of different people appear, and they’ve all got their own situations and reasons and excuses, and each one is pursuing his or her own brand of justice or happiness. As a result, nobody can do anything.”
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Chapter 9
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“Know what I did the other day?” Midori asked. “I got all naked in front of my father’s picture. Took off every' stitch of clothing and let him have a good, long look. Kind of in a yoga position. Like, ‘Here, Daddy, these are my tits, and this is my cunt.’”
“Why in the hell would you do something like that?” I asked.
“I don’t know, I just wanted to show him.”
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