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C. Context of the Novel
There are two important contextual factors that influence the novel. The first is the setting of the novelist. This means to see when and where Ryu
Murakami wrote the novel. The second is the setting of the novel. The main characters’ life is also affected by the place and the era they live.
1. The Context of the Novelist
Ryu Murakami wrote Piercing, in Japan, 1994. The political circumstance in Japan at that time was uncertain, since there was the changing of the prime
minister twice. The first was from Prime Minister Hosokawa to Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata in April, then two months later Prime Minister Hata resigned and
was replaced by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. For the economical state in Japan, at that time the Japan public concerned
about the tax reform and high consumer price. It was caused by the recession in the year 1991. Socially, Japanese people were more worried about the state of the
economy rather than about the political state. About the cultural state of Japan, at that time there was no significant difference. Culturally, Ryu Murakami was
influenced by the hippie culture when he was young.
2. The Context of Novel
The setting of the place of the novel Piercing takes place in Tokyo. Kawashima Masayuki lives with his wife, Yoko, and their daughter, Little Rie, in
an apartment somewhere in Tokyo. Kawashima is an employee in an advertising agency, while Yoko gives a course of making bread. They are a middle economy
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class family. Socially, Kawashima does not have any close friend since he is an introvert person.
On the other side, Sanada lives in her apartment in Shin-Okubo district. She is a prostitute. She lives in a single room apartment. She is also a middle
economy class person.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, there are three main sections. The first section is the subject matter which describes Ryu Murakami’s novel Piercing as the center of the study.
The second section is related with the approach used to analyze the novel. The third section discusses the procedures which are taken to analyze the novel.
A. Object of the Study
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