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Summary Of The Seventh Man
Have you ever watched your friend die right before your eyes? In the short story “The Seventh Man”, the seventh man tells his story about losing his friend K. to a big wave during a horrific storm. The seventh man has a hard time getting over his loss because K. was like a brother to him and because he watched it happen which is terrifying to anyone of any age. The seventh man should forgive himself for his failure to save K. considering he was only 10 years old. The seventh man did all that he could do, it's not like he stood there and didn’t say anything to try to help K. “Hurry, K.! Get out of there! The wave is coming” (Murakami 138). When he yelled to K. as he was running to get away from the wave, he didn't look back to see if K. was
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