Summary Of The Seventh Man By Mularakami

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Survivor guilt is when a person perceives himself to have done wrong by surviving a traumatic experience that another wasn’t fortunate enough to survive. The author of “The Seventh Man” Haruki Murakami felt survivor guilt for 40 years for his failure to save K. He should feel survivor guilt because he claimed to be K’s protector and he failed to do so, he allowed K to follow him and when he looked back he realized he could have saved his life. Within a hour of the hurricane winds the author decided to go outside to wander around which he knew it could be dangerous because his dad said that he can only stay outside for a little bit. “...It’ll stay quite like this for a while, maybe (Murakami 15). K saw the seventh man through the window when he went outside so he had asked his parents if he could go outside with him. Since the seventh man knew it could be dangerous for k being outside at this time he should have told him to go back inside or leave. …show more content…

“I knew I could have saved K if I had tried.”(Murakami 41) The seventh man knew he could have saved k. Because he was his protector, but he failed to do so. He put this stress and guilt on himself which made him feel this survivor's guilt for so many years. He ran instead of getting his attention if he chose his actions differently there would have been a better

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