Question

Read the excerpt below:

“... Kiowa tried to tell me that the man would’ve died anyway. He told me that it was a good that I was a soldier and this was a war, that I should shape up and stop staring and ask myself what the man would’ve done if things were reversed.”

“None of it mattered. The words seemed far too complicated. All I could do was gape at the fact of the young man’s body.” (“Ambush”, Tim O’Brien)

What can we infer about the character Kiowa?

(1 point)
Responses
The speaker/narrator was in agreement with Kiowa.
The speaker/narrator was in agreement with Kiowa.

The speaker/ narrator felt overwhelmed by the situation.

Answer 1

Kiowa is practical and pragmatic — a seasoned, stoic soldier who tries to reason with and toughen up the narrator by insisting the killing was part of war and unavoidable.