Foreshadowing: The Ferris Wheel Scene

During the ferris wheel scene, the author does a commendable job in tricking the reader through his cunning use of foreshadowing. As Miu approaches the Ferris Wheel, she thinks, "It would be fun to see my apartment from the Ferris Wheel, she suddenly thought, instead of the other way around" (148). At this point, my mind began to jump to conclusions. I became to think that she would peer into her apartment to find someone occupying it. Maybe she would see a burglary, or maybe her father had made a surprise visit. Just as I make this prediction, Murakami brings a seemingly drunken ferris wheel operator into the scene who locks the red gondola "from the outside" (149). At this point, my mind jumped in another direction. I knew she was going to be locked in, but I had an idea whether she would become stuck in the gondola overnight by herself, or if the operator planned to give her a ride from hell. Murakami foreshadowing in a manner that keeps the reader in the dark; he sheds no light upon the outcome until it actually occurs. As I continued to read, both of my suspicions proved correct. Someone was in Miu apartment, or so she thought. (as she saw herself, or at least half herself in her apartment) Miu was always locked in the gondola. I found this instance of foreshadowing interesting because it did not give the reader concrete information, but Murakami does provide the reader with enough information to make informed speculations about what will occur.