The work of Tim O’Brien has helped me understand many things about the art of story telling. His thrilling characters and powerful stories really makes the reader get suddenly close to the characters. The character I like the most is Kiowa. In my opinion I think he is the most decent character in this book. He’s caring, thoughtful, respectful, courageous, and even has a sense of humor.
For this project I decided to do a movie poster. I drew Kiowa big in the middle to show that he is a very important character in the book that affects each soldier in their own way. I decided that since it was a movie poster you cannot give away his story in the poster. Therefore I decided to draw little details to show how Kiowa is. The first thing you might notice is his hatchet that he is carrying behind his back. Tim O’Brien had said that Kiowa carried his grandfather's hatchet. His grandfather’s hatchet not only shows that he carries a token of his family, but it also shows his native background.
As we look downwards, we notice his face. Kiowa was a very optimistic character, he always tried to cheer up characters like Tim O’Brien himself. I drew a smile on his face to show that, …show more content…
Kiowa keeps going over the incident in his mind and talking about how quick it was. He tried not to think about it too hard, but as soon as he would it would come right back to him. He would think about how fast it was, and he didn't feel the emotions he wanted and got very angry. He felt unchristian, but he knew he couldn’t force any emotion. He then took his book and started going over it. He finally found comfort on his way of behaving.. This is where Kiowa's love for his religion is really demonstrated. His copy of the New Testament is the thing that keeps him sane throughout the Vietnam war and provides him comfort through pain and long