9/11 Dialectical Journal
The narrator should be able to forgive himself for not being able to save K. Because even though K was one of his best friends and was always there. Sometimes things happen for a reason. In the moment I am sure that the narrator felt absolutely horrid. As the years went on he should have tried to let go of that berdin. He should have just been able to come to the fact that K is gone and K will not be coming back anytime soon. Because I am sure that there is no day that goes by the narrator does not think about what happened that day at the beach with K.
“A huge wave nearly swept me away,” said the seventh man, almost whispering. “It happened one September afternoon when I was ten years old.” (Murakami Page. 133). This is the very …show more content…
Yet all over the news there were warnings telling residents to stay inside their homes and not to go outside. Otherwise they will be injured by flying debris. As the day progressed the storm just got more and more violent. A hush went over everything in their town. All the sudden they were in the eye of the storm. “It’ll stay quiet like this for a while, maybe fifteen, twenty minutes, kind of like an intermission” (Murakami Page. …show more content…
But other think he took K out in the ocean during that horrific storm just for that reason… for K to get injured. K and the narrator were very close friends from the start, that no question. But really, there would be no such evidence if the narrator just decided to take his best friend out in the ocean in that storm for him to die. No one had that intention, nor did anyone think that was going to be the outcome.
In conclusion, the narrator should be able forgive himself for what happened that day when K and him decided to go out in the ocean by themselves in the eye of the storm. Overall, it was a horrible day, it was his best friend, and it was the image that has been scared into his brain for the rest of his life since he was ten. But that doesn’t mean the narrator should be beating himself up over something that happened 40 years ago. He should be able to come to the realization that K is gone. K is not coming back. K was the person that left such a big impact on his life… that should be something to look back on and smile and just think of all the good times that h has shared with K. Because in all reality life is about having
“A huge wave nearly swept me away,” said the seventh man, almost whispering. “It happened one September afternoon when I was ten years old.” (Murakami Page. 133). This is the very …show more content…
Yet all over the news there were warnings telling residents to stay inside their homes and not to go outside. Otherwise they will be injured by flying debris. As the day progressed the storm just got more and more violent. A hush went over everything in their town. All the sudden they were in the eye of the storm. “It’ll stay quiet like this for a while, maybe fifteen, twenty minutes, kind of like an intermission” (Murakami Page. …show more content…
But other think he took K out in the ocean during that horrific storm just for that reason… for K to get injured. K and the narrator were very close friends from the start, that no question. But really, there would be no such evidence if the narrator just decided to take his best friend out in the ocean in that storm for him to die. No one had that intention, nor did anyone think that was going to be the outcome.
In conclusion, the narrator should be able forgive himself for what happened that day when K and him decided to go out in the ocean by themselves in the eye of the storm. Overall, it was a horrible day, it was his best friend, and it was the image that has been scared into his brain for the rest of his life since he was ten. But that doesn’t mean the narrator should be beating himself up over something that happened 40 years ago. He should be able to come to the realization that K is gone. K is not coming back. K was the person that left such a big impact on his life… that should be something to look back on and smile and just think of all the good times that h has shared with K. Because in all reality life is about having