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Oanh was one of Kien’s fellow soldiers in the Vietnam War. Kien watched him get shot to death by a Southern Vietnamese female soldier. Oanh had spared the woman by deciding not to shoot her, but she shot him as soon as he turned his back. The incident suggested to Kien that it can be very dangerous to show mercy and kindness in war.
Oanh Quotes in The Sorrow of War
The The Sorrow of War quotes below are all either spoken by Oanh or refer to Oanh. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Pages 100-108
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“No. I mean it. That slob gave us a sort of warning: Don’t criticize others. Be sure of yourself first.”
Kien frowned, then walked away. “Be sure of yourself first, what a joke!” Kien said to himself. He recalled Oanh’s death a month earlier, the morning his regiment attacked the police headquarters at Buon Me Thuot.
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Oanh Quotes in The Sorrow of War
The The Sorrow of War quotes below are all either spoken by Oanh or refer to Oanh. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Pages 100-108
Quotes
“No. I mean it. That slob gave us a sort of warning: Don’t criticize others. Be sure of yourself first.”
Kien frowned, then walked away. “Be sure of yourself first, what a joke!” Kien said to himself. He recalled Oanh’s death a month earlier, the morning his regiment attacked the police headquarters at Buon Me Thuot.
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