Response to the Elephant Vanishes

The Elephant Vanishes is a short story which is written by Haruki Murakami, who is a famous Japanese author in China. This short story talks a story about the disappearing of an old elephant in the town zoo. Also, the breeder who is responsible for the elephant also disappeared. All citizens in the town begin talking about this news and nobody knows how the elephant and its breeder disappeared. What is more, as the last witness, the narrator said that he saw the shape of the elephant became smaller. So his sister guesses that the elephant became smaller and through the fences and finally run away.

In the story, the author infers there is an iron chain on the elephant's feet for several time. I think that the iron chain may suggest some thing. In the story, we can see that with the iron chain on the feet, the range of activities of the old elephant is limited, and the breeder cannot get the key of the chain. There is no freedom for the elephant. In my opinion, I think that no matter human beings or animals, there are rights for them to get their own freedom. And the vanishes of the old elephant and its breeder are a kind of declaration to human that we want freedom, we want to be the person we want to be.