The Things They Carried
Monday, April 25, 2011
"Good Form"
This story confused me.Did he kill a man or Not he says it was made up but then he says he did it. So which is it.
"Notes"
As in previous chapters i find this one to be sad i was so proud of Norman Bowker to be doing fairly well after the war but it actually hurt me a little because he hanged himself. I fould i a little ironic that he did that just a few month after writing O'Brien.
" Speaking of Courage"
I really enjoyed this chapter simply because it gives you a sense of relief knowing that not every soldier goes crazya fter leaving the war. That some can still function regularlly after all of the grousome acts of war. I found this chapter interesting because of how many times Norman Bowker drove his dads truck around and around and around the river and i found it amazing that each time he went around he saw something different to talk about to remmeber or describe.
"Style"
This by far to me was the saddest chapter so far. This girl who use to have a family now has nothing. In this chapter we also get to see more of the character Azar who i find to be rude and stupid in the things he says and does or he could just be young. However he mocks this lost girls dancing as if she was putting on a show for him when she was dancing. truth is she was gone. she didnt know what to do after losing her family or home so she danced.
"Ambush"
In this chapter we get to hear about O'Briens daughter Kathleen who asks him about war. She sys he must have killed somebody in which he did. This comment brought back lots of emotions for him. It left him continuously remembering the harsh details of the man he killed.
" The Man I Killed"
I found this chapter to be very grousome and gory like. The description of the man that was killed was harsh and sad. This chapter was not only sad for the man who had to die but for the man who killed him. He felt so bad about it. You'd think that as a soldier you go into te war trained to look past those kinds of things because its a daily routine for you but he was not. It hurt him to kill that man.
"Church"
"Church" was a chapter where we got to learn a little bit more about Kiowa and his religion. Kiowa felt really strongly through out the chapter that they should not be camping out in a church. As kiowa put it, "it's bad news" but the other soldiers didnt feel the same. We also got to hear more from Dobbins who decides that he wants to join this brotherhood church affiliation that is being so kind to him and his fellow soldiers.
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