Pre-Reading Research
This is a tropical storm that can cause severe damage; also known as a hurricane.
What is a typhoon?
This device is used by others to tell a "story within a story"; it is often of a memory from their past.
What is a flashback?
This person gave the Seventh Man permission to go outside during the calm part of the storm as long as he came "right back at the first sign of wind."
Who is the Seventh Man's father?
The Seventh Man would be swimming in the water and K was pulling him under, with a huge grin on his face.
What is a nightmare?
After the Seventh Man's father dies, his brother cleans out their old house before selling it. He sends a collection of these to the Seventh Man.
What are K's paintings?
A mental health condition that can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event
What is P.T.S.D?
This character was weak, had a speech impediment, and was a very good artist.
Who is K?
K didn't hear the Seventh Man calling out in warning to him because he was doing this.
What is concentrating?
The Seventh Man begged his parents to do this and once they did, he stayed away for 40 years.
What is move?
After studying K's paintings daily, the Seventh Man is filled with warm memories and questions if he misinterpreted the events of that day. So he decides to do "this"
What is return to the beach?
These can include intrusive thoughts, sleep issues, mood changes, physical symptoms, social withdrawal, loss of interest, and/or anger.
What are symptoms of survivor's guilt?
When the story opens, our narrator is the last in a group to tell his story.
The Seventh Man
The Seventh Man didn't rescue K from the wave because he was frozen with "this" emotion.
What is fear?
The Seventh Man avoided "this" for most of his life.
What is water? (ex. pools, lakes, rivers)
The Seventh Man noticed this change occurring within him as he stared out and studied the beach where K died?
What is the "darkness lifted?"
A natural disaster, a car accident, physical abuse, war or the sudden death of a loved one.
What are causes of P.T.S.D?
The Seventh Man's role in his childhood friendship with K?
What is protector?
The wave that came racing towards shore was described as this animal "poised to strike."
What is a snake?
Despite many precautions, the Seventh Man couldn't get rid of the image of himself drowning. This is a word for a feeling that something bad will happen.
What is a premonition?
The Seventh Man give this piece wisdom to the group of storytellers "as he leaves them: "It comes to us in many different forms, at different times, and it overwhelms us. But the most frightening thing we can do is to turn our backs on it, to close our eyes." What is he referring to by "it?"
What is fear?
This storm made landfall as a category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key, Florida on October 9, 2024. There was over 20 billion dollars in damage and twenty four people died.
Hurricane Milton
The calm circular area at the center of a tropical typhoon or hurricane?
The Seventh Man lost "this" after he saw the shape of K in the wave.
What is consciousness?
The symptoms that the Seventh Man experienced for the majority of his life were a result of this mental health condition.
What is P.T.S.D?
When the Seventh Man reflects on the wisdom he's gained, he says "we can take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else. In my case, that something was the wave." What precious thing is he referring to that he "surrendered?"
What is courage?