The Theme Of Pagoda In Tim O 'Brien's Church'

In the beginning of this chapter, the platoon of soldiers run across an abandoned pagoda. I had to google what a pagoda was because I was unfamiliar with it. A pagoda is a Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building. In this pagoda, they found monks. This chapter was confusing to me at first because it was hard to find a reason for this chapter to be placed in this book. These monks aided to the soldiers; I assumed they did this because of their caring nature. I’m not sure if the monks quite understood why the soldiers were there because the monks did not speak English. I believe they think they are coming to worship, or whatever goes on in a pagoda. Religion becomes a main topic in the chapter of “Church”. I did not realize till now Dobbins religious back ground. He says he went to church as a kid but didn’t really pay attention; then in high school he thinks of becoming a minister but only for the benefits. Dobbins goes on to talk about how difficult it would be to talk about the “hard stuff”. He says, “You have to explain some hard stuff, like why people die, or why God invented pneumonia and all that.” I find it very fitting he is having this type of conversation with Kiowa, considering his religious beliefs. The novel changes its
The two different chapters have different feelings about everything. This fulfills his argument “there are two side to every story”. The chapter “The Man I Killed” portrays his feelings after the incident happened. The chapter “Ambush” exposes how the character felt leading up to the incident. For example, “The Man I Killed” starts out, “His jaw was in his throat, his upper lip and teeth was a star-shaped hole, his eyebrows were thin and arched like a women’s…” The chapter “Ambush”, one of the paragraphs starts out, “He was short, slender young man of about