Kiowa

Courage is a quality or a state of mind that galvanizes people into action. With courage, people face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with confidence, self-possession, and resolution. Therefore, courage does not exist in the absence of fear or challenges. It is a deliberate decision that action is necessary regardless obstacles. Courage distinguishes people. It is the ability of men or women to meet a challenge or persevere under demanding circumstances, which makes them heroes or heroines.…

War changes people. The Vietnam war changed many soldiers, families, and countries who were affected. This war was different from the other wars we had fought in the past. It was long and, it lasted years longer than they had expected. The war became increasingly unpopular at home in the United States. The Things They Carried is a historical fiction novel that follows Tim O’Brien, who is also the protagonist of the book- and his fellow soldiers in the Alpha Company during the Vietnam war. Tim…

Hide hunter Billy Dixon reminisced that the annihilation "lay at the very heart of the grievances of the Indian against the white man in frontier days." At the Medicine Lodge Treaty Council of 1867, the great Kiowa chief Satanta complained bitterly about the army's shooting of his buffalo. "A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, "lamented Satanta, "but when I go up to the river I see a camp of soldiers, and they are cutting my wood down, or killing…

Thinking back in American history, the most notable Native American event is the Trail of Tears. This event, for obvious reasons, is taught in every school and known by every American. Because of the cruel acts during this famous event, it is easy to single this one out and forget about many others. One of the major Native American events that is forgotten is the Ghost Dance of 1890. Like the Trail of Tears, the Ghost Dance effected the lives of the Native Americans; and by the end, a large…

bonding it shows to that of the person who tells the story, by which it enables O’Brien to cope with his traumatic past. In the chapter of “notes” the author shows his vagueness and aimless scope of the war with reference to the death of the soldier Kiowa. O’Brien explains his strategy to cope with war as he writes; “By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others.” Here the author shows how well he could…

At the beginning of this paper and before we go into deep details, I will go into some of the headnotes that give the reader sort of good view of the Dakota tribe. Essentially, the word Dakota means ally in their language, which is the Dakota Sioux language. The Dakota people are a Native American tribe located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota and North Dakota. The Dakota people are First Nations band government in North America and the largest division of the Siouan family. The Dakota…

During the civil war you might have heard of many brave American Union soldiers but not many people today know that many of the soldiers included not only African Americans and Americans but also Native Americans. During the Civil War there were many different tribes that fought a long side Union and Confederate. Some of these tribes included the Kaw also known now as the Kanza or Kansa. Throughout the Civil War many tribes changed some fought and some just allied themselves to become closer to…

can’t stop day dreaming and dwelling in the past, he has memories of the beautiful lake where Norman spent a lot of time with his ex-girlfriend, Sally and his high school friends. Furthermore, Norman can’t forgive himself for the death of his friend Kiowa, because he blames himself for not saving him. Many Veterans felt like this after coming back from the war, some didn’t even want to get help for PTSD, because they felt it was disrespectful trying to get help while their friend is…

author and the fictional character, Tim O’Brien, share guilt: guilt from being too cowardly to resist war, killing the enemy, and surviving when many others did not. In “The Man I Killed”, O’Brien is very affected after killing an “innocent” man; when Kiowa tries to talk to him, he does not respond, because he feels so guilty about what he did he doesn’t know what to do. He says, “The man I killed would have continued his education in mathematics”, he leads himself to believe his enemy was not…

In Catherine Calloway’s article, “How to Tell a True War Story”: Metafiction in The Things They Carried, Calloway highlights the inner workings of both the writing style and alternate persona Tim O’Brien creates within the book. By using fiction and introducing different viewpoints, O’Brien is able to strengthen the truth behind the story. In order to tell his story, O’Brien uses many different types of elements, ranging from unfinished works to altering the stories to fit his narrative. However…