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Read the passage from "Church" by Tim O'Brien.
"What about you?" Dobbins said.
"How?"
"Well, you carry that Bible everywhere, you never hardly swear or anything, so you must-"
"I grew up that way," Kiowa said.
"Did you ever-you know-did you think about being a minister?"
"No. Not ever."
Dobbins laughed. "An Indian preacher. Man, that's one I'd love to see. Feathers and buffalo robes." Kiowa lay on his back, looking up at the ceiling, and for a time he didn't speak. Then he sat up and took a di from his canteen.
"Not a minister," he said, "but I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear."
"Yeah."
"You ever feel that?"
"Sort of."
Kiowa made a noise in his throat. "This is all wrong," he se
"What?"
"Setting up here. It's wrong. I don't care what, it's still a ch Which central ideas is expressed through this dialogue?
• Kiowa believes that religious soldiers are not viewed kindly by the others in the unit.
• Kiowa believes that Christian religion and Native American practices have similar rituals.
• Kiowa believes that churches are holy, and it is wrong to bring war into one.
"What about you?" Dobbins said.
"How?"
"Well, you carry that Bible everywhere, you never hardly swear or anything, so you must-"
"I grew up that way," Kiowa said.
"Did you ever-you know-did you think about being a minister?"
"No. Not ever."
Dobbins laughed. "An Indian preacher. Man, that's one I'd love to see. Feathers and buffalo robes." Kiowa lay on his back, looking up at the ceiling, and for a time he didn't speak. Then he sat up and took a di from his canteen.
"Not a minister," he said, "but I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear."
"Yeah."
"You ever feel that?"
"Sort of."
Kiowa made a noise in his throat. "This is all wrong," he se
"What?"
"Setting up here. It's wrong. I don't care what, it's still a ch Which central ideas is expressed through this dialogue?
• Kiowa believes that religious soldiers are not viewed kindly by the others in the unit.
• Kiowa believes that Christian religion and Native American practices have similar rituals.
• Kiowa believes that churches are holy, and it is wrong to bring war into one.
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• Kiowa believes that churches are holy, and it is wrong to bring war into one.
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