Pg. 106 "Kien shot her then, coming down the stairs past Oanh, shooting repeatedly , until he stood face to face and shot her again, in revenge. But although she had been blasted back by five rounds she still leaned on her arm on the floor, raising her head, as if she had decided to sit up. Kien fired the remainder of the magazine into her and the tiles under the girl's white uniform reddened with blood. Kien squatted down near the four bodies, shaking and retching. In ten long years of fighting, since the first day at the front, he had never felt as bad."
1. The theme here is loss. Kien's loss of Oanh and the girl's loss of the two women with her.
4. The setting in this passage is described in such a way that you can see Kien's every action.
Pg. 107 "In later years, when he heard stories of V-Day or watched the scenes of the fall of Saigon on film, with cheering, flags, flowers, triumphant soldiers, and joyful people, his heart would ache with sadness and envy. He and his friends had not felt that soaring, brilliant happiness he saw on film...."
1. The theme here is suffering, as others celebrate on the day of remembrance, solider's like Kien suffer through the memories of the past.
3. The conflict here is Man vs. Society. Soldiers that fought in the war vs. society's celebration of it.
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