This story, if you have an imagination, is beautiful. The last scene in particular, grabs my attention. I feel like I get what Shimamura was trying to get across.
You know that watching her fall is horrible and sad. But, if you focus solely on the fact that she's falling out of a building, that, to me, is too much fear and sorrow to deal with. You've got to pull out and not focus on the fact that she's not dead yet and will die when she hits the ground. Instead, to pull the scene out and paint a picture, a static image, takes away some of the horror. The separation and lack of emotional connection to the death of a young woman is surprising to me. The main character had been fascinated with her, but does not seem to be capable of feeling anything for her death. In order to keep his composure, I feel that he had to pull out or divert his emotion.
Ok, the best example of something like this is as follows. You know where you were when the planes hit the World Trade Center Towers in 2001. Heck, I can tell you that the weather was gorgeous and my teacher had the windows open. I could hear the younger kids on the playground. I couldn't comprehend the event that I pulled out of the moment. I feel like that's what happens. He's so stunned by what is happening that he is pulling out for his own sanity so he can slowly start to understand. His moment with the Milky Way is familiar to me. I did the same thing in fourth grade.
I dunno, I understand it this way.
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