The chapter "Speaking of Courage" is a very pivotal time in the book. The chapter helped to audience reflect on the burdens of once being in war. It shows the difficulties of coping with that fact that you have to sit and watch one on your dear friend die and you cant do anything about it. Bowker had to witness a good friend of his, Kiowa, die in the most ridiculing way and at the expense that he couldn't even help him the way that he wanted to. From reading the chapter, it makes you ponder on how a person could possibly live with a such thing on their mind. Walking around lonely, with grief and guilt by their side.
It take courage itself, to fight in a war. But it takes even more courage to continue to live after war. I think this chapter shows the courage that Bowker has to continue to go on with all of these things on his mind about what happened during war. It takes courage for him to not have anyone to talk to this about and have people award you for things that you don't even want to be awarded for.
I like your line "but it takes even more courage to continue to live after the war" with all the isolation, guilt and grief they must carry with them. So is Bowker a coward for deciding to stop living?
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