Kafka on the Shore | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

The Boy Named Crow - This character is an imaginary companion with a sluggish voice.

Goma - This character is a one-year-old tortoiseshell cat.

Hagita - This character is a fresh-fish truck driver.

Hoshino - This character has a ponytail, wears Hawaiian shirts, drives a truck, and closes the entrance stone at the end of the novel.

Kawamura - This character is a striped brown cat that hit its head on the concrete after being hit by a bicycle.

Koizumi - This character hires a neighborhood man who is known to speak with...
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