CHURCH

PLOT

• Jimmy Cross, Kiowa, and Henry Dobbins set up camp at a Buddhist Pagoda.
• The monks acted kindly towards them reguardless that their homes are being taken over.
• Slowly, the men saw the humanity left in Vietnam.
• Kiowa and Henry Dobbins talked about their religious connections and how they changed their prospective on life
• Henry and Kiowa determined that the Pogada is a place of peasce and should not be disturbed by war.

THEMES

• Irony: The monks clean a machine gun
• Monks are people of peace yet they are cleaning an item that often disturbs the peace
• There's always good left in humanity when all seems to be gone
• Kiowa and Henry Dobbins realized the mistake they made in setting up camp at a place of peace

CHARACTERS

• Jimmy Cross: the monks seemed to favorite him, however he had no emotional connection
• Henry Dobbins: Wanted to be a minister, felt guilty for disturbing the monks, had the biggest connection with the monks
• Kiowa: went to church as a kid, also felt guilty disturbing the monks, enjoys being around churches and religion
• Monks: lived within the pagodas, made connections to Henry Dobbins and Kiowa, respected the men even though their peace was disturbed

CONFLICT

• Man vs. Self: Morals
• Man vs. Society: War entering Peace

GOLDEN LINE

• "Setting up here. It's wrong. I don't care what, it's still a church." (p. 122)
• Said by Kiowa