The narrator for the seventh man should forgive himself for not being able to save K because he did everything he could do to try to save him but he would not listen. In the story the seventh man a huge typhoon strikes the beach with a big boom while the narrator and his friend K were investigating the previous damage from the past wind and rain. The narrator heard the big booms and tried to warn his friend K but he just couldn't K was too interested in whatever he was looking at that he did not hear the yelling or the loud booms.
To forgive yourself, for failing to save someone's life, takes a lot of emotional strength and courage. It’s definitely not easy, to forgive yourself, knowing you could have done something to save one’s soul. In this case, we’re talking about in “The Seventh Man”, when he experienced his friend K. die right in front of him, it’s terrifying and downright scary. It’s not everyday when a wave swallows your best friend up, the 7th Man must have been panicking. The question this whole discussion revolves around is that, Should the narrator of “The Seventh Man” forgive himself for his failure to save K. ? I will now give you my opinion on this discussion.
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Survivors guilt.... An emotion brought on by a traumatic experience. Thing like watching a fellow soldier or close friend die. In the story, “ The Seventh man” The narrator Goes through watching the death of his best friend K. This experience bring on survivor's guilt talked about in the story “The Moral logic of survivor's guilt.” Even though the narrator of the story had watched K die, he should have been able to forgive himself. Although there is a cost to surviving, no matter what he told himself it was not his fault that K had died so tragically.
In the story “The Seventh Man” a the so called “Seventh Man” is someone who feels responsible for his friends death, in a tsunami. “The Seventh Man” should not have to feel responsible for his friends death. It isn't entirely his fault, but the cause of mother nature and natural occurrences. He feels responsible however because he thinks that their may have been enough time for “The Seventh Man” to grab his friend, (k) from the ocean wave but he was frozen in shock and could not move. Based on this “The Seventh Man” feels responsible for the death of his friend and has guilt for life after these events. Based on this evidence from “The Seventh Man” he probably should not have to feel bad about the death of his friend but more at peace because of mother natures decision.
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2002 - Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Should the author of “The Seventh Man” forgive himself for not saving his friend K? He and his friend were in a tsunami, then all of a sudden the wind stops they look outside and his father tells him they are in the eye of the storm. He told his father he was going to walk around then his friend K followed him out. They went to the beach and huge waves started coming. The little boy ran leaving K behind thinking he was following. He turned around and saw his friend get swallowed by the humongous wave. He has still not forgave himself. I believe that he should forgive himself for these reasons, he thought his friend was following, and finally if he were to run back it would be too late.
The Count's perception of himself as a humble military man is challenged when he is asked to identify the Marquise's assailants. The Count lies and says that he can not recognize them. He lies because of his own embarrassment in committing the act that the Marquise's attackers attempted and not
Should the narrator of “The Seventh Man’ forgive himself for his failure of saving K?