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A boy narrowly survives a typhoon and loses his best friend, K. Haunted by guilt, he avoids the sea until adulthood. The story explores forgiveness, trauma, and healing as he learns to accept the past and move forward with life.

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THE SEVENTH M A NS U M M A R Y & ANALYSISSUMMITS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLENGLISH DEPARTMENTGRADE 9SUMMARY•The seventh man of the title tells a group of people a story from his childhood. When a typhoon and tsunami struck his hometown,the ten-year-old boy narrowly escaped being swept away by the wave. He did not or perhaps could not save his friend, and the otherlittle boy was swept away and died. Imagine you lost your best friend at such a young age and this situation put you in a horrificposition i n life. Haruki Murakami the narrator fromThe Seventh Man has a lotto share about this tragic situation.•tn the story The Seventh Man Haruki Murakami "Narrator" experiences the same horrific moments.•It is true that the seventh man did not intend t o cause k*sdeath. The seventh man should forgive himself because his actions werenot the best but his intentions were not bad either.•As an adult, the guilt-ridden man avoids the sea but finally returns to the shore and comesto terms with the past - It is also nothealthy for the seventh man to carry guilt on for his whole life and by carrying this guilt he did not have the life he wished to have.•First of all, the narrator should forgive himself because The seventh man felt Iike a protector towards K. Forexample,( Para9) pg 6states " Ever since I could remember, m y best friend was a boy I'll call K. His house was dose t o ours, and he was a grade behind mein school. We were like brothers, walkingt o and from school together, and always playingtogether when we got home". This showsthat the seventh man and K were really close friends before his death. Furthermore, (para 9) " we never once fought during our longfriendship. I did have a brother, six years older, but with the age difference and differences i n our personalities, we were never veryclose.Although it mayseemlike the seventh man should notforgive himself because it was his decision to go down to the beach while thestorm was still going on, ultimately, he shouldforgive himself because he had good intentions, he tried to shout out to K to save hislife, and he also regretted it enough until he was a middle aged man.•The seventh man never really grewclose to someone after the death o f his bestfriend K.

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