The Seventh Man Story

In the story “The Seventh Man,” a young boy, The Seventh Man, and his friend take a walk by the beach during the eye of a hurricane. They were innocently looking at the scraps of objects lying on the beach when a giant wave came through and swept away the boys friend. The story is filled with conflict between the Seventh Man and his failure to save K. The Seventh Man should not feel guilty for being unable to save his friend, because he was too young to grasp the situation, and he had no way of predicting the events to come. The Seventh Man carries this guilt around with him for over forty years, but he shouldn’t have to.

The Seventh Man should not feel guilty for not being able to save K. because, he was much too young to grasp the situation. In the story the Seventh Man states that he was only 10 years old when this tragic …show more content…
The Seventh Man was put in a life or death situation without the proper experience, and he did the best he could. He did run away at first, but he did not go far, he didn’t want to leave his friend. What more could we have asked from a ten year old boy, in the heart of a crisis.

If you and a loved one were put into a crisis and if you would have done one thing differently, would you feel guilty? The Seventh Man was thrown into this situation without knowing, and it did not end well for his friend. But all the times that he thought it over in his head and tried to save him again, he still get the same ending. The fact of the matter is that, he could not have saved him, he did everything that he could have on spot. The Seventh Man shouldn’t feel guilty, and neither should anyone else faced with survivor