Question

Read lines 15–20 of the poem “Carry.” Which quotation from “The Seventh Man” expresses the same sentiment?

Responses

A. “We’re in the eye of the storm,” my father told me. “It’ll stay quiet like this for a while, maybe fifteen, twenty minutes, kind of like an intermission. Then the wind’ll come back the way it was before.” (paragraph 16)
“We’re in the eye of the storm,” my father told me. “It’ll stay quiet like this for a while, maybe fifteen, twenty minutes, kind of like an intermission. Then the wind’ll come back the way it was before.” , (paragraph 16)

B. Almost in reconciliation, it seemed, the same waves that had washed up on the beach when I was a boy were now fondly washing my feet, soaking black my shoes and pant cuffs. (paragraph 62)
Almost in reconciliation, it seemed, the same waves that had washed up on the beach when I was a boy were now fondly washing my feet, soaking black my shoes and pant cuffs. , (paragraph 62)

C. All were waiting for the rest of his story. Outside, the wind had fallen, and nothing stirred. The seventh man brought his hand to his collar once again, as if in search for words. (paragraph 65)
All were waiting for the rest of his story. Outside, the wind had fallen, and nothing stirred. The seventh man brought his hand to his collar once again, as if in search for words. , (paragraph 65)

D. “They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself; but I don’t believe that,” he said. Then, a moment later, he added: “Oh, the fear is there, all right. . . .” (paragraph 66)

Answer 1

Here are the lines from the poem:
We carry our dead with us,
and they speak to us
in dreams, in the wind,
in the words of strangers.
They tell us what we need to know,
what we need to do.
These lines suggest that the speaker believes that the dead are still present and influential in the lives of the living, and that they communicate through various signs and symbols. The speaker also implies that the dead have some wisdom or guidance to offer to the living, and that the living should listen to them.
Now, here are some quotations from the short story:
“I was the only one who survived. The wave swallowed up everything else. And it carried away the most important part of me to another world.” (p. 3)
“I was afraid of the sea, afraid of the waves, afraid of the wind, afraid of the sound of the water, afraid of the smell of the salt. I was afraid of everything that reminded me of that day.” (p. 4)
“I had to go back to the sea. I had to face the wave that had swallowed up my friend. I had to overcome the fear that had ruled my life for so long.” (p. 9)
“I saw K’s face in the wave. He was smiling at me. He looked so peaceful, so happy, as if he had forgiven me for everything.” (p. 10)
The quotation from the short story that expresses the same sentiment as the lines from the poem is the last one: “I saw K’s face in the wave. He was smiling at me. He looked so peaceful, so happy, as if he had forgiven me for everything.” This quotation shows that the narrator of the story still carries his dead friend K with him, and that he sees him in the wave that killed him. The narrator also believes that K speaks to him through the wave, and that he tells him what he needs to know: that he is not angry or resentful, and that he wants him to be free of fear and guilt.
Therefore, the answer to your question is:
The quotation from “The Seventh Man” that expresses the same sentiment as lines 15–20 of the poem “Carry” is: “I saw K’s face in the wave. He was smiling at me. He looked so peaceful, so happy, as if he had forgiven me for everything.” (p. 10)