Character Description by Alexandra Nicole Wall https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250 en-us 2017-05-18 14:29:54 UTC 2017-05-19 00:39:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Ted Lavender wall648 https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172597494 He's young, scared, and the first to die. He was constantly popping tranquilizers to calm himself down in Than Khe. His death illustrates the expendability of human life during a war.]]> 2017-05-18 14:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172597494 Curt Lemon wall648 https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705753 He's childish and careless and dies when he steps on a landmine. His death as well as his personality (the dentist chapter) shows the immaturity of many young American soldiers. He had sharp gray eyes and was lean and narrow waisted.

]]> 2017-05-19 00:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705753 Norman Bowker wall648 https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705849 He embodies the damage war can have after it is over. Although he was usually quiet, Kiowa's death greatly affected him. His letters to O'Brien show how he wanted to heal. He carried around a VC soldier's thumb for good luck. He felt pressure from his father to win medals in Vietnam.

]]> 2017-05-19 00:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705849 Kiowa wall648 https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705880 He's O'Brien's closest friend, as well as Native American—he carries his grandfather's hunting hatchet—and was raised Christian. His father teaches Sunday school, and he likes the way it feels inside churches. His death in a sewage field shows the cruelty of war. He wears moccasins to be practical and quiet.

]]> 2017-05-19 00:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705880 Bob "Rat" Kiley wall648 https://padlet.com/wall648/tu7yw6spd250/wish/172705932 He's the medic (with comics) who used to work in the mountains of Chu Lai near the Song Tra Bong river. He becomes overwhelmed and shoots off his toe to be able to leave the war. Kiley also writes to Lemon's sister when he dies and then shoots a baby water buffalo.

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