9/11 Dialectical Journal

The narrator should be able to forgive himself for not being able to save K. Because even though K was one of his best friends and was always there. Sometimes things happen for a reason. In the moment I am sure that the narrator felt absolutely horrid. As the years went on he should have tried to let go of that berdin. He should have just been able to come to the fact that K is gone and K will not be coming back anytime soon. Because I am sure that there is no day that goes by the narrator does not think about what happened that day at the beach with K.

“A huge wave nearly swept me away,” said the seventh man, almost whispering. “It happened one September afternoon when I was ten years old.” (Murakami Page. 133). This is the very
first few statements of the entire story. Just these few words has the reader worried about what will happen next. Well obviously you have the knowledge now that the narrator is ten, along with one of his friends that will be introduced later on in the story. His friend is named K. K and the narrator are very close friends. The narrator describes K as a sweet, pure - hearted boy. Who was very frail, skinny and had a pale complexion. He says that K also had a face almost pretty enough to be a girls. K apparently also had a speech impediment which would have made anyone who did not know him personally judge him because he did not sound very smart at all. But to the narrator K was a magnificent friend.

While the narrator's family and town prepared for the violent storm that they knew was coming their way, he and K decided to do something a bit different.
Yet all over the news there were warnings telling residents to stay inside their homes and not to go outside. Otherwise they will be injured by flying debris. As the day progressed the storm just got more and more violent. A hush went over everything in their town. All the sudden they were in the eye of the storm. “It’ll stay quiet like this for a while, maybe fifteen, twenty minutes, kind of like an intermission” (Murakami Page.
135).

While they were in the eye of the storm the narrator decided to go find his best friend K to go surf some huge waves caused by the monstrous storm. Him and K go to the beach and while attempting to ride the first wave. Something happens that will change the narrator's life forever. K is being drug under water and the narrator is trying to help but nothing is working. So he decides to give up because it is already too late. K is not worth saving anymore because the current is just too strong along with the storm. The narrator has been haunted with that image for the past 40 years and has never forgave himself for doing that to the best friend he ever had.

Some may say that it was fate and it was supposed to happen.
But other think he took K out in the ocean during that horrific storm just for that reason… for K to get injured. K and the narrator were very close friends from the start, that no question. But really, there would be no such evidence if the narrator just decided to take his best friend out in the ocean in that storm for him to die. No one had that intention, nor did anyone think that was going to be the outcome.

In conclusion, the narrator should be able forgive himself for what happened that day when K and him decided to go out in the ocean by themselves in the eye of the storm. Overall, it was a horrible day, it was his best friend, and it was the image that has been scared into his brain for the rest of his life since he was ten. But that doesn’t mean the narrator should be beating himself up over something that happened 40 years ago. He should be able to come to the realization that K is gone. K is not coming back. K was the person that left such a big impact on his life… that should be something to look back on and smile and just think of all the good times that h has shared with K. Because in all reality life is about having
fun.