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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: Why should you read "Kafka on the Shore"?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

“Sometimes fate is like a small stdnosram that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm cahess you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dnace with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away… This storm is you. Something inside of you.”.
This qtoue, from the first chapter of Haruki Murakami’s "Kafka on the sorhe," ctaupres the teenage protagonist's turmoil. Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, he renames himself kkafa after his fotavire author and runs away from home. But memories of a missing mother, along with dreams that haunt his waking life, prove more difficult to outrun.

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“Sometimes fate is like a small _________ that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm ______ you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous _____ with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away… This storm is you. Something inside of you.”.
This _____, from the first chapter of Haruki Murakami’s "Kafka on the _____," ________ the teenage protagonist's turmoil. Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, he renames himself _____ after his ________ author and runs away from home. But memories of a missing mother, along with dreams that haunt his waking life, prove more difficult to outrun.

Solution

  1. dance
  2. quote
  3. sandstorm
  4. kafka
  5. chases
  6. shore
  7. captures
  8. favorite

Original Text

“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away… This storm is you. Something inside of you.”.
This quote, from the first chapter of Haruki Murakami’s "Kafka on the Shore," captures the teenage protagonist's turmoil. Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, he renames himself Kafka after his favorite author and runs away from home. But memories of a missing mother, along with dreams that haunt his waking life, prove more difficult to outrun.

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