What would you do if your best friend was riding inside of a wave sadistically staring at you while trying to drag you in with them? What would your reaction be? In Haruki Murakami’s The Seventh Man, a young boy and his friend witness the unimaginable while battling the after effects of a major typhoon both physically and mentally. The first thing that we learn about our main character is how he lives near open ocean, which is dangerous in times of raging storm. He has a friend whom he calls K, K is unlike any person that you will have ever met. Although at times he is considered mentally challenged, he is anything but. A speech impediment limits his abilities with social reactions, but for our main character he doesn't need to speak to him to know what he’s trying to say. K has an amazing talent for painting so the two friends go out all of the time to find scenes in nature to paint.
The second thing that we learn about our …show more content…
A large typhoon was reportedly near the coast and all civilians were told to stay inside board up the windows and stay together. As rain, thunder and wind started to continually increase people rushed to their homes or to nearby buildings to find cover. Our main character is at home helping his father reinforce the windows and doors to make sure that if the glass breaks it won't get inside the house. While the storm raged on for a solid 30 minutes it suddenly stopped, Families from all around the neighborhood checked outside to the the storm passed. K and the main character went down to the beach and walk around as a tsunami unknowingly is rushings towards land. While the main character was fortunate enough to flee to higher ground K was not fast enough and was taken in the waves, The main character watches horrified as he sees K again thrown around while unconscious. But from the shock of the sight the main character passes