“ The Moral Logic of Survivor's Guilt” by Nancy Sherman is a anchor text about a general who lost his men so he took responsibility of his death throughout his life. In the text it states, “ But as Bohenberger’s remarks make clear, we often take responsibility in a way that goes beyond what we can reasonably be held responsible for.” ( pg.154, “ The Moral Logic of Survivor’s Guilt”) This shows how what he said is true that no one can be held responsible for something that they didn’t cause. If they were to be held something that they weren’t responsible for that would be unfair since they weren’t the cause. This connects with the claim because people should not feel survivor’s guilt since they didn’t cause the situation they were just unlucky to be in the …show more content…
“ The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami is a short story about a guy named seventh man for most of his life took a blame for his best friend that passed away from a typhoon that formed, he had a option to run away or save him which he ran. In the text is states,” At the end of the year I pleaded with my parents to let me move to another town.” ( pg.141, “ The Seventh Man”) This shows how it was cruel to him by he even needed to move away from the town that it all happened in. He was so affected by it that he had to throw away his life from that place just like others do when they can’t unrealized the event that they were in. This proves the claim because he shouldn’t have felt survivor’s guilt because he has only 10 so he could not do much to save him. He didn’t have the mentality at the age of 10 like others so he always blamed himself for someone’s death that he couldn’t do much. People always think like that because they have a brain set to feel guilty for something that occurred that they took place