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Literary Devices In The Seventh Man

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The Seventh Man

I don’t know if you can fully recover from a tragedy; I believe that it depends on the severity/magnitude of the situation and how much it affected you. Many things affect the recovery process, such as: having a good support system, therapy, and coping mechanisms. The human mind is vast and complex, and everyone is different. We don’t know for sure what helps with traumatic events. Maybe with time, the pain will lessen, but some things stay with you and play a drastic role in shaping the person you are now.
4. Tragedy has affected The Seventh Man in many ways; I believe that all of his trauma can be traced back to the event of the storm. For example, the typhoon took K’s life and this resulted in a chain reaction of trauma. …show more content…

The old man warned Visu of being cursed for years and that’s exactly what happened.
I picked this quote because I found it a little amusing. It’s ironic that he was warned about this specific thing, but he still gets cursed with prolonged life.
I can predict that something bad will happen to Visu because of his lack of prayer. Perhaps he will be reborn into a mouse.

“Unfortunately, Visu did nothing but pray.”
(Page 1, Paragraph 6)
This quote is important to the story because it introduces the main conflict. The conflict was Visu’s prayer’s habits and this shows the starting point of him spiraling downhill.
This quote develops character. Visu used to give all of his time to his family, but this changes after talking to the priest. He develops an inability to balance prayer and his family, so he becomes obsessed with prayer and ignores his …show more content…

The story was about a drowning man who resorted to prayer to save himself. A lifeguard and many other people tried to save the drowning man, but the drowning man refused because he believed that his god would save him. Eventually he dies and he asks his god why he didn’t save him. Then, his god explained that he’s the one that sent the people and the drowning man should’ve accepted the help.
“The gods have prolonged your miserable life in punishment for having neglected your wife and little childeren.”
(Page 2, Paragraph 6)
I chose this quote because it made me have mixed feelings. Knowing that everyone you loved is dead and you’ve outlived them is a terrible feeling. Although Visu did bring this fate upon himself, I feel poorly for him.
This quote reveals the true theme (literary device) of the value of family and time. It tells us what the main idea is and what lesson we need to take home.
This relates to the real world because sometimes you tend to focus on other things and miss out on what's happening in the now. You wake up and realize that your life has passed you and you haven't even lived it. Many people have regrets about their lives and the fact that they weren’t able to do more. Hindsight is

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