Monday, January 25, 2010

explor. 4 Death of Kiowa

In the field, was very touching and emotional, the chapter where Kiowa dies. It was not a courageous death, and was sorta like one of the war stories that was talked about, one of those stories that you couldn't believe. This chapter was touching as two men, friends of Kiowas both felt blame for his death. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross felt it was his duty to protect his men and he should have known better than to camp in that mud mess, he took full responsibility and was going to write a letter to Kiowa's parents, at first he was going to make the letter simple and sympathetic, later did he decide to tell them it was his fault not go into details, but so they knew. Both Jimmy and the younger boy, whose name was forgotten were very hit hard emotionally. The young boy was a very good friend of Kiowa's and knew it was his fault the ambush came, because of his flashlight and the picture he was showing him. This boy cried and was so shocked, but what shocked me the most was he was more worried about his picture lost in the field, maybe it was because he didn't know how to react or deal with his emotions, trying to be the strong soldier. Kiowa did not deserve this. All the men searching for his body for hours was what good friends, good soldiers did. Finally finding him was a relief for me and the characters in the story taking all the men they had to pry him from the crud, this made me so proud of the courage, love, and devotion they had for each other. Many people have ways of couping with death and as soldiers they are numb to death, not allowed to cry, not allowed to feel. Soldiers kill and die everyday and in order to stay focus can not let emotions run wild. As for most civilians we deall with it by weeping, eating, sleeping, talking, ect.. Its life, people die.

6 comments:

  1. This was really emotional because they did not give up no matter what. They knew that they had a duty to him and themselves, and that was to not leave his body out there.

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  2. This was very similar to what i wrote. I agree devotion to their fellow soldiers played an important role.

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  3. I agree with your opinion about this chapter. Kiowa's death made the entire Alpha company depressed, especially when they were all trying to search for his body as a team.

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  4. I also thought this was a very powerful chapter because it showed how close you become with fellow soldiers. I believe that everyone looking for him was a good example that you never leave a solider behind. I like what you said about the courage, love, and devotion they had for one another because they became so close and were not selfish.

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  5. This was a great chapter its howed how the soldiers dealt with death. It showed how they pushed throught to find their friend and they weren't going to stop til they found him.

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  6. I really like the character of Kiowa, he is a true friend to all his team members. It really touched me when they kept searching for his body and did't give up.

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