Both Kinds

The 3 chapters from "Speaking of Courage" to "In the Field" all include some type of both internal and external conflict. The external conflict is that the soldiers ended up in the shit field and began taking mortar fire from everywhere and this is what caused the death of Kiowa. The internal conflict is what happened mainly after the war was over when Norman Bowker got home. He had to deal with what had happenned that night on the shit field and how he had to let Kiowa go and sink into the so-called land. Years after the war he had to deal with all of this internally. O' Brien is able to incorporate both of these very well into these chapters. I'm not sure if this is what he intended to happen, but to me, it represents all the soldiers had to go through before, and even after the war. For them, there was no escape.

Cohn's conflict

From what I can see from the first few chapter, Robert Cohn is going to be a character who is consumed by internal conflict. In chapter 2 he seemed to be going through a midlife crisis and later on in the story, he falls in love with Brett but she does not love him back or even want him around. This is not going to make Robert Cohn a character who is well like by the reader. Instead, this is only going to make him annoying to the characters and the audience. Another thing about Cohn's internal conflict is that he lets his preoccupations affect the people around him. For example, in chapter 2 on page 17-18, he wants to drag Jake along to South America with him for reasons such as that Jake speaks fluent spanish. Cohn's problems are only going to push his friends away from him.