This chapter made me sad and made me not want to read anymore of the book. Kiowa didn’t deserve to die and certainly not in that way. Kiowa was a good person, he didn’t swear much, and he was generally nice. I mean no one really deserves to die but he definitely didn’t. He was sucked down into a field full of crap. Could you imagine a worst death?? Imagine the smell, the putrid stink of human feces sucking you down. It would fill your, nose, you ears, and your mouth. Norman Bowker blamed himself because he could’ve saved him, maybe.
It’s a horrible feeling to go through life always wondering “what if”. It’s horrible because you can’t go back in time and changed what happened. You always wonder what if, what if, what if. What if I hadn’t let go of Kiowa? That’s what Norman Bowker was wondering. It could have been the bravest thing he had ever done but he let go. He had too because it was already too late. The gunk was too thick and the rain was too heavy. They were in a sinkhole, a death trap.
If Norman Bowker hadn’t let go of Kiowa he would have been a hero, or not. All we can do is speculate because there will never be a clear answer. Bowker could have also got sucked down with him and died, or not. See how frustrating a “what if” situation can be? Bowker would never stop wondering and thinking about that night. Like he said, he almost had gotten the Silver Star, almost.
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