The Things They Carried…pg 189
In these chapters, O’Brien tells us more about his experiences at war. Most importantly, he tells us about the death of Kiowa, who died in a mud stream because Bowker could not pull him out, and let go of Kiowa to save his own life. I find this extraordinary, that Bowker has to live with the fact that he stopped in saving his friends life to save his own. The author describes Bowker after the fact, and also tells the audience that Bowker kills himself facing the regret of this incident.
Another chapter described O’Brien going back to the war site with his 10 year old daughter after the war ended (hopefully,lol) and his feelings toward the scene in which Kiowa died. It must be hard to go back to where so many harsh memories have consumed you your whole life. I find it distrubing that O’Brien could bring himself back to this area, and expose himself to his horrible war experiences again. Not much other stuff has happending within the story so far, i’m excited to see what turn the story takes next.