What is the plot of "birthday girl" short story?

Murakami is one of Japan's most popular authors. His stories easily fascinate his readers as his plots takes them places they may never have been before. Readers continue to turn the pages of his stories, hoping they will finally solve the puzzles that Murakami's stories pose. It is not until the final page that readers often realize Murakami does not always solve the mysteries he has created. This is true in this short story about two unnamed people who are discussing the events of their twentieth birthdays. Readers are privy only to what happened to one of them.

This woman, who is now married and a mother, reflects on the day she turned twenty. She was working as a waitress in an Italian restaurant in Tokyo, when the manager of the restaurant falls sick and has to leave. One of the manager's everyday tasks was to deliver a chicken dinner to the owner of the restaurant who lived on the sixth floor. As the manager leaves for the hospital, he asks this twenty-year-old to perform the task for him that night, which she does.

After she knocks on the restaurant owner's door, a short, well dressed, elderly man appears. She had never seen the owner before, as he never stepped foot into his own restaurant. The owner asks her to come in. After the girl sets out the plates, the elderly man asks her questions and discovers this is the girl's birthday. As a present, he offers her a wish. The girl carefully considers his suggestion and makes a wish before she leaves.

In a conversation with a friend several years later, she refuses to reveal what her wish entailed. She is also vague as to whether the wish came true. She merely makes a statement that no matter what happens to a person, he or she will always be who they were meant to be. And that is how the story ends.

Proposal 2.

The question is obviously incomplete, since it is missing the proposals. I've found them online:

Proposal 1: The best way to get people invested in the library is to show them the joy of reading. For that reason, the library should hold a book sale. People could donate books that they no longer want, and the librarians could find books that the library no longer needs. Volunteers would need to sort the books into categories and arrange them in an inviting way, like at a bookstore. Books should be inexpensive so people will buy more of them – may be fifty cents for paperbacks and two dollars for hardcover books. A book sale would appeal to people of all ages, from little kids to older people. There should also be a table where people can sign up for library cards. That way, if visitors do not find any books they want at the sale, they can come back to the library.

Proposal 2: A great way to make money for the library would be holding a car wash. The softball team at my school raised over $400 at their car wash last year! The car wash could be held in the library parking lot on a Saturday morning. You could ask local high school students to volunteer to wash the cars. That would be a great way to get students involved with the library. It takes two or three volunteers to wash a car quickly, so you would need at least ten volunteers. You could charge around ten dollars per car. Even people who are not very interested in reading like to have a clean car, so you would get a lot of people to stop by who might not otherwise come to a library fundraiser.

After carefully reading the two proposals for a fundraiser to help the library, I have arrived at the resolution that the second proposal is probably going to be progressively effective.

The first proposal makes a wonderful recommendation while welcoming us to attempt to wakeful individuals' enthusiasm for reading books. In any case, it takes something other than a book deal for that to occur. Other than that, the costs recommended to be charged for the books - between fifty cents and two dollars - won't be viable. Our motivation is to fund-raise for the library, so we should think about what will most proficiently have individuals go through their cash.

The second proposal is increasingly compelling in its motivation. Despite the fact that it might sound weird to hold a car wash when the objective is to support a library,car wash are known to collect a decent measure of cash without any problem. Indeed, even individuals who hate perusing at all may wind up aiding, either by chipping in or by having their cars washed. As said in the proposal, relatively few volunteers would be fundamental (just around ten) and we can without much of a stretch discover help when the action is fun and pleasant.