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The Seventh Man Mularakami
The short story, “The Seventh Man” written by Haruki Murakami warms the readers hearts and makes the reader feel like they are with the seventh man the entire story. “ The Seventh Man tells a story about a typhoon that swept his best friend away and left him with guilt the rest of his life. With the guilt, came nightmares and never being able to marry. “The Seventh Man” is very, very visual, and vivid by the author using similes. “The Sea had suddenly stretched its long, smooth tongue out to where I was on the beach” (136). That golden line gives the reader a visual of it and gives them an eerie feeling,yet gets the reader to keep reading. Even though “The Seventh Man” is a great story, “The Seventh Man” has a very distinctive structure and
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