Haruki Murakami 村上春樹コミュのthe Rat or the Mouse

In Haruki-san's early trioogy, there is an important male character called "Nezumi" in Japanese. Alfred Birnmaum translated it into "the Rat". I thought it's a natural choice because in "Hear the Wind Sing" he said he hated his nickname. Rats are grey and ugly, and mice are white and cute for me. Alas, I am not sure anymore after applying the following quiz. I got a really terrible score. How about you?
http://www.ratbehavior.org/QuizRatOrMouse.htm

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[1] mixiユーザー 08月11日 09:04

Osakabe: Thanks for the post. "The Rat" is a much better choice for a name, I think, than "The Mouse". 'Rat' has many more implications that make a better character (for a story) than 'mouse', which is too cute and soft. Anyway, I'll have to check out the quiz.

[2] mixiユーザー 08月11日 09:06

Hahahaha... I just tried the test and got 100% correct! yahoo!!! I think part of the reason is because we have the different words for rat and mouse in English, and they are more easily identifiable. There are some different characteristics of course, especially size and tail length, etc. but with pictures it's hard to tell. Anyway, good luck with the test, and thanks Osakabe.

[3] mixiユーザー 08月11日 11:56

the quiz was interesting!! thanks. i got only 2 wrong answers; i would say i did good job. but i have to admit that these two posts from リック helped me to guess the answers.
my image of rats is the animal for various experiments and of mice is... the animal scampering around, just like ones in cartoons. :) so... i am not sure if "Rat" has image that inspires me with better character. (how can some animal for experiments have "character"?!) ummm, but yes, i guess "Mouse"'d sound too cheerful for him.
Thanks again for the interesting subject and quiz!

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