The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam Character Arcs
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- Kien shifts from combatant to haunted survivor
- from hopeful soldier to resigned dreamer
- from active leader to solitary observer
- Kien moves from war hero to disillusioned civilian
- from active lover to withdrawn observer
- from purposeful soldier to aimless wanderer