Often the setting in a text will carry symbolic significance, supporting as well the writer's key themes. Discuss these concepts in the light of The Sorrow of War.
The detailed settings described in Bao Ninh's The Sorrow of War is very significant as it illustrates to the readers, past memories and the terrible consequence of Vietnam war. The settings in this text are noticeably described in depth, allowing the readers to feel the emotions (E.g. pain) that Kien is experiencing. Often, the setting described is very unpleasant as it is related to the tragic scenes of war. When a setting is described, a semantic field usually present and a majority of them create a negative image. For example, 'air is dull', 'the sky lead-grey' (page38) revolves around the idea of no-life present in the Screaming Souls Jungle. Life does not exist in this jungle, only death.
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