The Seventh Man Character Analysis

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The seventh man to speak in a group, tells his tale of how he witnessed his childhood best friend K's death right before him at the hands of a typhoon. He was the only other person there and has survivors guilt, even though he was only 10 then. He should forgive himself for what happened in his past. The seventh man should forgive himself because as he was the only other person there, he did not kill K. A large typhoon wave came and swept him off the beach as they were there in the eye of the typhoon. He tried to warn K, but K was busy looking at something in the sand. It wasn't his fault at all for the death and at the age of 10, he didn't know what to do in such a situation. So he saved himself and ran to safety. They shouldn't have been

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