Guilty In Tim O Brien's The Things They Carried

The majority of the people will feel guilty when they do bad stuffs like lying and cheating. They will feel even guiltier when their friend dies because of them and when they kill somebody. Tim is like that way; he felt guilty when he experiences the death of his friends and enemies. In Vietnam, people are dying everywhere, including their friends. Rat Kiley’s friend, Curt Lemon, dies while they were playing catch with a smoke grenade. Although, the grenade did not kill Lemon and he dies when he stepped on a mine: which blew him everywhere. Kiley blamed himself for Lemon’s death and felt guilty for it. Comparatively, Kiowa dies in the poop field when he was hit by a mortar. Tim and Lieutenant Cross blamed themselves for Kiowa’s death. Tim thinks if he never pulled his flashlight out and show a picture of his girl then the mortar will not have any target to hit.
(Farrell). When their friends die they blame themselves and felt guilty, however, when enemies die they blame on the war, but they still feel guilty because the murder someone. After Lavender dies, they march to a village, Than Khe, to clear out everyone and everything in the village. They killed the elders, young people, dogs, and the chickens too- they want to feel safe. Around the border of the village there was a man, Tim popped a grenade and threw it; the grenade killed the man instantly: it was Tim’s first kill. He felt guilty that he had killed the man: his intention was to scare the man