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Survivor's Guilt In The Seventh Man By Haruki Murakami

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A army veteran was at war, without realizing it, a grenade was tossed leaving his friends dead, although he did not toss the grenade, he put the blame on himself making himself think it was his fault that his friends are dead, and his friends died and he didn’t, this is an example of what people like to call survivor’s guilt. Many people argue about how people of life and death situations should or should not feel survivor's guilt. people argue that you should feel survivor’s guilt. People think you should not feel survivor’s guilt. People of life and death situations should not feel the horror of survivor’s guilt. Survivor’s guilt can be life changing in a bad way. In the short story,”The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami, is about a boy who feels survivor’s guilt for not telling his friend that there was a wave going towards him, but then he saw his friend get swallowed by the wave, leaving him with survivor’s guilt. According to the text,”And it was always the same dream, down to the smallest detail. I would wake up screaming, my sheets soaked with sweat,” (Murakami 141). He feels like this because he feels guilt for not warning his friend about the wave insead saved himself. He has these dreams all the time and he shouldn’t do through this because it wasn’t his fault his friend didn’t see the wave, he shouldn’t feel guilt. …show more content…

According to the text,”I never went home, even for holidays,” (Murakami 141). He feels like this because he is afraid of the town that he saw his friend die and feels like if he goes back his guilt will become worse. This has ruined the relationship with his family because he doesn’t want to go back to the town and visit

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