Assignment+3+Murakami+vs+Marvell

Even though the poem and the short story both are talking about love, the authors writings have two completely different view points about love. In the short story "On seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning", by Haruki Murakami is more caring and sensitive when he comes to the love he has for the girl. He has this very vivid image of the perfect way he would confront this girl and confess his love for her, and how much he adores her. He is scared to confront his feelings for her and tell her that she's her 100% perfect girl, because he think she will not believe him. Then he fears that if he did tell her, she would say "I might be the 100% perfect girl for you, but you're not the 100% boy for me (Murakami 443). So, with that thought in mind, he is to afraid to walk up to her, and get shot down. Instead, he now has to live with the regret that he never gave it a shot. The poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell is not so caring when he shows his love and desire for this lady. He is very demanding to what his needs are. What he wants, he wants it now. He proclaims he has no time to wait. Time is running out. "Time's winged chariot hurrying near" (Marvell 721) This line shows that he can hear their time is coming to an end, and if they don't "do it" now then they will never be able to again. He wants to make the last of his time memorable with some one as beautiful as her. Between the poem and short story, I think the short story by Murakami has a better "pick up" line then the poem. The reason why is because the story is much sweeter. I think girls appreciate when a guy is not cocky when it comes to picking up girls. Men think its cool to be all cocky and sly because they think they can get any girl they want. The pick up line "Good morning. You are the 100% perfect girl for me" (Murakami 433). If some guy came up to me and said that I would be so taken away by it. You don't come across many men like this anymore who know how to treat a lady. Murakami uses more of a story inside a story. He goes on to explain how he would address the girl if he really did confront her. You learn a lot about the young boy throughout the story, not only about his love for the girl, but about himself as a person. Everyone has regrets, thats why it's always good to follow your heart.


 * Works Cited:**

Murakami, Haruki. "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning." //Exploring Literature.// Ed. Frank Madden. Pearson, 2012.

432-435. Print.

Marvell, Andrew. "To His Coy Mistress." //Exploring Literature.// Ed. Frank Madden. Pearson, 2012. 721-722. Print