The 1867 Peace Commission was established to resolve and prevent any conflicts with Native American Tribes. The Peace Commission created reservations to protect Native American tribes and allow white settlers to claim former Native American territories and lay down railroad tracks. Treaties were created to bring peace by giving the Native Americans food‚ blankets‚ housing‚ and clothes. However‚ the 1867 Peace Commission failed to accomplish their goals. While Tribal Leaders agreed to move to the
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In the chapter‚ “Church”‚ the platoon uses an almost abandoned pagoda as a rest stop. Monks inhabiting the church welcomed them inside for shade. They spent seven to eight days in the pagoda‚ building a fortress and using it as a base of operations. The pagoda is a symbol for peace and tranquility. Tim O’Brien shows that even in the war‚ there are some peace and calmness. As chaotic and hectic as the war gets‚ there are times of tranquility. The church is sacred. A church symbolizes purity and religion
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Kiowa cannot cry and all he can think about is that he is alive. He is not dead‚ and how good it feels to be alive. I feel Kiowa is carrying a heavy burden on his heart being away from his family‚ and defending a country that his relatives don’t trust. He remains true to his family by reading his bible and caring
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Lemon‚ and Kiowa and depicts the guilt and blame these deaths evoke. Ted Lavender¡¦s death increased the intangible guilt the platoon carried. No one was anticipating death because the platoon was resting. The platoon was the on the verge of celebrating because they had just accomplished a very dangerous and life-risking mission. When Lavender was shot‚ there was a sense of shock that rippled through the platoon. All the soldiers had different ways of coping with his death. Kiowa would not stop
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melds a bunch of short stories together to create a unique flowing narrative. The many characters throughout the book give life to the harsh land of Vietnam‚ adding color to the palette of brown‚ fatigue green‚ and constant rain/blue. Characters like Kiowa‚ who brought compassion to Alpha Company‚ Rat Kiley‚ who brought sanity to Alpha Company before he went mad himself‚ Mitchell Sanders‚ who brought a form of moral code in a place where morals don’t exist‚ Azar‚ who tried to light up a situation with
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whole entire book is written off what they carried‚ each characters actions were explained by what they carried such as Lieutenant Cross who carried a picture of his lover Martha who he thought about every day in order to get through the war. Also Kiowa who carried a bible and distrust for a white man. Ted Lavender carried tranquilizers to stay calm and ended up getting shot because of them. Timmy carried his lost love for Linda and carried his dreams about her to make it through the war. Sure‚ the
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he tried to save Kiowa from getting stucked down under the sludge in a muddy field. Norman pulled but he couldn’t help Kiowa from sinking into the sludge. After Kiowa died Norman felt like crap and what made it worse that they now had to search for his body. The book goe into another chapter that tells about Norman Brokers life. The chapter is based on the fact Norman is back home and drives around this lake many times and while he does he thinks about what if he had saved Kiowa and received the
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whether it’s a life lesson her mother is trying to give her or the actual truth. Like Maxine Hong Kinston‚ M. Scott Momaday revisits his home land‚ Oklahoma‚ discovering and connecting his grandmother’s history to the stories of his ancestors‚ the Kiowa tribe. On the search to their identities‚ George Orwell and Langston Hugh’s both experience a moment in their life where peer pressure over ruled and affected them. Also‚ going through a personal experience‚ Henry David
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he uses are not actually real people‚ but just made up to serve as symbols in his story. In some cases these characters serve more to the story through their symbolism rather that their character. The three characters who embody this the most are Kiowa‚ Mary Anne Bell‚ and Kathleen. Mary Anne is the embodiment of American arrogance in Vietnam. She arrives dressed in her pink sweater and culottes‚ fresh faced and curious. She wants to know about everything. She treats the deep-rooted conflict as
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Norman Bowker carried the guilt of being unable to save Kiowa for the rest of his life. After Speaking of Courage was written‚ “Norman Bowker...hanged himself in the locker room of a YMCA in his hometown in central Iowa” (O’Brien SC 149). For some people‚ like Bowker‚ they reach a breaking point where they cannot
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