Sunday, May 25, 2008
Kiowa's Death
I know that this is far back in the book but I felt that it was never discussed as it should be. As we all know Kiowa dies a very gruesome death in a field of crap. How would you feel if you let your comrade slip away like Norman Bowker did? Do you think that the solders looked hard enough or gave up to early searching for his body? How would you feel if you died that way?
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I think that I would feel aweful for letting Kiowa just go like that, but there was nothing that Norman could have done. Kiowa was dead and gone. Vietnam killed a lot of people, there are still soliders that are MIA....it's better that they knew where he was then have him die and no one know about it. Norman did try to get Kiowa out of there, but he started to go under too. It never talks about whether they tried to look for his body. It's not like they could have found it anyway. I mean it SUNK. Plus, no one want to dig through that stuff to find a dead body. I would hate to die that way, but then again I would hate to die period. Dying at that young of an age sucks, either way you look at it. No one wants to die, but Kiowas did and there are a lot worse ways to die.
I would feel terrible for letting my friend die like that, but Norman did what he could to save Kiowa. Sure he could have sacrificed himself, but obviously he decided not to do that. Kiowa was already gone and there was really nothing else Norman could do about it. I don't remember if it said anything about the soldiers looking for Kiowa's body, but it wouldn't have really made a difference if they searched for it or not becuase he was already dead anyway. I imagine that Norman still would have felt the guilt of his friend's death, but he probably also felt like there was really nothing he could do.
I don't think Norman Bowker could have done anything to save Kiowa, O'Brien recognizes that in the end of the chapter entitled "Notes"; but the only way that he would not have felt any guilt for what happened is if he had shared Kiowa's fate. Bowker didn't do that though; he let him slip. He would always have to live with "what if," which is probably why he killed himself later. As far as giving up to early on the search for his body, didn't they find it? Dying is dying, but it would be a little bit more honorable to get shot or die saving someone- to die a stereotypical war death.
Bowker could not have done anything to stop Kiowa's death. He did not let Kiowa die. There was just not much that he could do. It was definatley an interesting way to die. I think i would have wanted to die a hero or something, not in a field of poop, but one cannot choose their death.
Wait...i thought i remember the whole lot of them searching the feild for Kiowa. Didn't they find him too? Didn't O'brien find Kiowa's moccasins?
i would hate to die like that i rather they just burn whatever body parts they could find of me
Dieing like that would be worse than callie complain to alex for eternity. personally i would feel bad for letting him die, but i would be able to move on. I think they spent enough time looking for him. it's not like he will just spring up and say surprise!
Kiowa death was very disgusting. Who wants to die in a field of crap? I know I don't. If I did die like that, I honestly would hope someone would of just shot me because I don't even want to try and imgaine how it would feel with crap in your throat, the smell stinging your lungs, and the feel like you are being choke and swallow whole would be horrible. Now, if I let someone slip away into this, I will feel horrible and probably shoot them, but to be honest there would be nothing I could really do. I would not even search for the body because there would be no way you could find the body, without dieing. I would give up and be like of well, glad it was not me that died.
to die that kind of death would be horrific... but i dont feel like Norman Bowker is to blame
How would i feel if i was dead? good Question...anyway, i think the soldiers did all they could to find Kiowa. in a situation like that the commander/ person in charge should have led an organized and scrupulous search for their fallen comrade. this didn't happen,instead lieutenant cross moped around and thought about martha and was in no shape to lead his men. Kiowa was in the wrong place at the wrong time. when he got sucked down in the mud he probably just kept sinking and maybe he sunk for 20 feet,who knows. despite the fact that they all wanted to find kiowa they couldn't spend the whole day looking for him, they had a war to fight and things to do.
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