Shankar Vendantam: The Seventh Man

“Without sound or other warning, the sea had suddenly stretched its long, smooth tongue out to where I stood on the beach.” (Murakami 136). Soon after this wave hit another one came in the story “The Seventh Man” by author Shankar Vendantam. Different than the first one, the second wave swept the man’s friend, K. away into the sea. The narrator felt responsible for the death of his friendship with K., after he called out to him, but was unable to make an impact. The narrator of "The Seventh Man" should forgive himself for is failure to save K. He made an unfortunately, faulty attempt, but shouldn't use subjective quilt on himself.

The narrator sets of a calm tone when his family emerges into the eye of a typhoon storm. His friend named K. and him chose to take a stroll on the beach and stayed seconds too long. K. was killed with the storm, therefore the narrator felt blameworthy. He soon learned to progress through his life and chooses to try and end the guilt that came with his horrible experience. He should not feel this way, because he made an endeavor. “I ran stumbling along the soft sand beach to the breakwater, where I shouted to K.” (Mukakumi 138). Guilt can leave people with tensions in their bodies,

They may opinionate this way, because they feel as though subjective guilt will help the survivor get through harsh times and reveal more empathy for the non-survivor. "He feels that awful weight of self indictment, the empathy with the victim and survivors, and the need to make moral repair. If he didn't feel that, we would probably think less of him as a commander." (Sherman 156). However, subjective guilt doesn't help build the survivors personality nor help them repair from the horrible disasters they've lived through. It only puts a strain on the person, eventually pulling the person underneath all of the pressure held from subjective