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Short Story 'The Seventh Man'

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The narrator of “The Seventh Man” should forgive himself because the blame he puts on himself, is not logical, because he couldn’t have done anything to save his best friend, K. In the short story, “The Seventh Man” the narrator describes the guilt and burden he carries throughout his life and how he lives a difficult life full of sorrow. The guilt he feels is called “survivor guilt”. The thought that someone could of done or should of done differently is considered “survivor guilt”. The blame that the narrator feels is very irrational. Others who also deal with survivor guilt know the irrationality but still take responsibility. One example of this case is in an article called, “The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt” by Nancy Sherman. When Jeremiah

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