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Post by veryfakedonkey on Dec 10, 2015 20:21:12 GMT -5
In ?1 Chapter 13, when Lemony is talking to Hector, Hector mentions Monty and another person, most likely a volunteer named Haruki. I was wondering if this name is used anywhere else in the books. I thought that possibly it could be the H in the Snicket family tree from TAA and could be Ike, Gregor, and Haruki Anwhistle.
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Post by penne on Dec 10, 2015 20:44:17 GMT -5
i don't remember this passage specifically, but that is most likely just a reference to haruki murakami. daniel handler is a fan of his work.
the great snicketologists of this forum go deep into finding every reference hidden in ATWQ, so if you're ever curious, take a look around the "Wretchedly Wrong Questions" board.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Dec 10, 2015 21:25:16 GMT -5
Haruki Murakami has been mentioned (his full name) in The Hostile Hospital on the list of Heimlich Hospital's patients. Whether that's the same Haruki as in ?1 is left ambiguous, though.
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Post by veryfakedonkey on Dec 10, 2015 23:29:26 GMT -5
Haruki Murakami has been mentioned (his full name) in The Hostile Hospital on the list of Heimlich Hospital's patients. Whether that's the same Haruki as in ?1 is left ambiguous, though. That would make sense since it is a reoccurring uncommon name. |
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Post by Hermes on Dec 11, 2015 10:00:08 GMT -5
The idea that Haruki might be the missing Anwhistle is certainly intriguing. Various suggestions that have been made are Hal, Hector (both very improbable, I think), Hugo (slightly more probable: he might have left VFD because of his disability), and (my preferred answer) Humphrey a character briefly mentioned in The End. But Haruki is a possibility. Gregor, Ike and Haruki may seem an unlikely set of names, but he might be named after a friend (probably dead) of his parents.
The name is clearly a tribute to Haruki Murakami, but that need not mean that he is Haruki Murakami; though some real people, like C.M. Kornbluth, were certainly members of VFD.
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Post by veryfakedonkey on Dec 12, 2015 17:39:49 GMT -5
The idea that Haruki might be the missing Anwhistle is certainly intriguing. Various suggestions that have been made are Hal, Hector (both very improbable, I think), Hugo (slightly more probable: he might have left VFD because of his disability), and (my preferred answer) Humphrey a character briefly mentioned in The End. But Haruki is a possibility. Gregor, Ike and Haruki may seem an unlikely set of names, but he might be named after a friend (probably dead) of his parents. The name is clearly a tribute to Haruki Murakami, but that need not mean that he is Haruki Murakami; though some real people, like C.M. Kornbluth, were certainly members of VFD. I always thought it was Hector, but Haruki was just a possible solution to that question. |
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