Murakami's article on positioning in reconciliation narratives accurately portrays
the way in which a former POW reformulates his identity and his past and reconciles
with his time as a POW and the Japanese who held him. Through further analysis of
the narrative provided, along with an additional narrative of reconciliation from
the Rwandan Genocide, this commentary will reflect on the multiple positions that
continually interact to create one's identity, the role of the collective culture in
this process, and the ambiguity inherent in reconciliation.
