by nothing but nature. This fits with the way Naoko thinks. Naoko always thinks that her world is represented by a well 2000:8. That well has nothing but
darkness and she is on the edge of that well. Naoko also mentions to Toru, “I get
confused by a lot of things that come from outside ” 2000:279. It means that the
outside world where Toru lives is giving her a strange impression it is the opposite of the sanatorium where Naoko lives. She implies that the sanatorium giving her a
peaceful thought. The misrepresentation of reality in which the people around Naoko is the real one and the people outside is unreal shows that Naoko has
delusion symptom. This is supported by Naoko‟s doctor comment who says that she has to communicate with the genuine real world 2000:106.
b. Naoko’s Hallucinations
Naoko also has hallucinations at the end of the story. Murakami does not explain why it appears at the end of the story. The reader, though, can interpret
this as the result of Naoko‟s fragility. As Durand states, “the experience of sensory events without input from the surrounding environment is called
hallucination ” 2000:1234. Naoko‟s experiences in witnessing her sister dead
body is the first indication that triggers Naoko‟s symptoms. Six year later, Naoko
has to experience the same pain through Kizuki‟s death. Both of the cases, especially Kizuki‟s, contribute her fragility. At the end of the story, Naoko starts
hearing things, that is the first time she hallucinates. I feel like Kizuki is reaching out for me from the darkness, calling to me,
hey, Naoko, we cant stay apart. When I hear him saying that, I dont know what to do 2000:171.
Naoko believes that she hears Kizuki calling her, and asking to come to his place. This hallucination as Durand states is common with schizophrenics.
Hallucinations can involve any of the senses, although hearing things that aren‟t there, or auditory hallucination, is the most common form
experienced by people with schizophrenia 2006:1236.
She also mentions that this symptom happens when she is alone, and “whenever
Naoko is alone, her sister and Kizuki will talk to her all the time ” 2000:279.
Naoko interprets this phenomenon because both of them also feeling alone and looking people to talk to.
The voice which Naoko hears is supported by Reiko, Naoko‟s roommate. Reiko tells Toru that Naoko starts hearing things whenever she would try to write
a letter, she would hear people talking to her, which made it impossible for her to write. “The voices would interfere with her attempts to choose her words”
2000:293. As Durand states, “hearing things is the most common form
experienced by people with schizophrenia ” 2006:1236. He then adds that, “the
truth is they are not listening the voice of others but they are listening their own thought or the own voices
” 2006:1237.
2. Negative Symptom
