Speaking of Courage

Hai. 

This chapter was very disturbing and nasty but anyways...here we go. So this chapter was basically about Kiowa dying in a murky pool of sh*t, which is disgusting. But the things is, is that Norman didn't have enough courage to pull Kiowa out of the sh*t.  Courage is defined as "The ability to do something that frightens one" or "Strength in the face of pain or grief."  Norman was unable to pull Kiowa out because he himself didn't want to sink in, so Kiowa died. He seems to be distraught over his death because he feels that it's his fault, because he was being a coward.  Which is a way many people would feel because he died. The unwonted death of Kiowa in this book was hard to take in as a reader. He was my favorite character because of his spirit, I also liked that he had a talisman. Norman needed courage to pull Kiowa out of the sh*t but he didn't have any at the type which is why this chapter is titled that. Soldiers are said to have courage and with all the medals Norman recieved, you would think he would've had a lot of courage. In the beginning of the book when the author was telling us what they each carried he said, "They carried the common sense of cowardice." In this chapter we see a real example of cowardice. I think O'Brien's portrayal of what is courageous and what is not is pretty accurate.

Bai <3