Kiowa meant something to O’Brien. He wrote nearly four chapters on him. He also collected different perspectives on his death. Including the guilt of Bowker, Cross’ letter, and the actual event, and O’Brien’s own reflection in Vietnam. Ted Lavender did not receive this attention. He merely got five pages and a whole lot of laughing. O’Brien called Kiowa a best friend. Lavender does not even receive the ranking of friend. Yet, maybe Lavender’s death occurred early in the war. So he and O’Brien never had the chance to meet of maybe Lavender was not all there. The men said he used a lot of tranquilizers. All that matter is that O’Brien held Kiowa special to him. By lying Kiowa’s moccasins in the mud he not only left any guilt he felt for his death, but possibly other memories that haunted him. He was able to return to Vietnam willingly, instead of being forced.
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