8.Journal Entry - "The Man I Killed"

Tim O'Brien didnt seem like the type of character to kill a man, and we notice how his actions towards the dead man reveals this. He constantly goes over what the man looked like, giving us grusome description of the death and how it was after. He continues to imagine the life of his victim and tell the readers who he could of been, and what sort of life he should have grown up to have. You can tell its a hard time for O'Brien because he gives the silent treatment to Kiowa who is trying to get him up and out of his mind set. O'Briens guilt lays on his shoulders and haunts him, he cant seem to get over the life of this "dainty young man" with a "star shaped hole" in one of his eyes. Time passes, and still Tim ignores Kiowa's attempt to talk about the killing, he is torturing himself by not letting going, and continuing to over look the situation and add a story about the "lightly freackled" man.