The Seventh Man Analysis

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In “The Seventh Man”, the central idea of fear is the wave. “The Seventh Man” is written and narrated by, Haruki Murakumi, and is a story about how a typhoon had a huge impact on his life. He states, “But the most frightening thing we can do at such times is to turn our backs on it, to close our eyes. For then we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else. In my case that something was the wave.” (Murakami). In other words he is saying, that “closing your eyes” and hoping that whatever you’re scared of doesn’t do anything to you, doesn’t work because then it creeps up behind you, and something awful happens. In his case, the wave killed his best friend K, (which was probably the most precious thing to him...)

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The Seventh Man Critical Analysis

were partners with and you were there to experience their death, this is called survivor guilt. While reading “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami you can tell the seventh man feels survival guilt not with a worker or partner but his best friend, after a horrible wave hits. Should the Seventh Man be forgiven and move on with his life? My position stands to were I believe the Seventh Man should not have to feel survivor guilt anymore, he should no longer suffer as you see he says ( “I was not afraid…

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