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"I did not look on my work as therapy, and still don't. Yet when I received Norman Bowkers letter, it occurred to me that the act of writing had lead me through a swirl of memories that might otherwise have ended in paralysis or worse"(O'Brien 158).

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"He pictured Kiowa's face. They'd been close buddies, the tightest, and he remembered how last night they had bundled together under their ponchos, the rain cold and steady, the water rising to their knees, but how Kiowa had just laughed it off and said they should concentrate on better things" (O'Brien 170).

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Symbol - his gold wrist watch
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"Kiowa had been a splendid human being, the very best, intelligent and gentle and quiet spoken. Very brave, too. And decent" (O'Brien 166)

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Characterization of Kiowa
Characterization of Jimmy Cross

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"Early in the morning he had radioed in the MIA report, giving the name and circumstances, but he was now determined to find his man, no matter what, even if it meant flying in slabs of concrete and damming up the river and draining the entire field...Kiowa had been a fine solider and a fine human being..." (Tim O'Brien 163).

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Kiowa Characterization
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"As he came up, a pair of red flares puffed open, a soft fuzzy glow, and in the glow he saw Kiowa's wide-open eyes settling down into the scum. Briefly, all he could do was watch. ... but when he got there Kiowa was almost completely under. There was a knee. There was an arm and a gold wrist watch and part of a boot."( O'Brien 149)

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"He pulled hard but Kiowa was gone, and then suddenly he felt himself going, too. He could taste it. The shit was in his nose and eyes. There were flares and mortar rounds, and the stink was everywhere-- it was inside him, in his lungs-- and he could no longer tolerate it."(149)

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How does O'Brien develop his social commentary on the Vietnam War through the character and death of Kiowa? 

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How does O'Brien develop his social commentary on the Vietnam War through the character and death of Kiowa? 