Kafka is complex and deeply empathetic. He desires knowledge above all else, and on a surface level, this is expressed through his time spent at the library, reading, observing, and understand what goes on around him as he escapes from his father. Kafka is scared he is what his father wants him to be, and can only ever be traced back to his father as one of his "sculptures." Kafka seeks his mother and sister, he wonders why they abandoned him, or if they had truly abandoned him at all. Deeper below his desire for knowledge sits his desire to truly understand and connect with others. Oshima, Sakura, Miss Saeki and all other characters he impacts and speaks to in the novel, he is an eye through which the reader experiences all of the collective emotions and desires of each character in the story. Kafka discovers his mental "sub-basement" and truly explores what it is to desire and question.
