Structure

Ninh's structure of this novel is that even though he doesn't put divide this book in chapters, when there is a start of a story and when it ends, there's a big space before and below it to indicate that there is a new story. I like how he does this. It makes this novel very unique because this is the very first book that I've seen this. Other structure that Ninh put in this novel is not Kien's stories but other soldiers' stories. This whole novel isn't just talking about Kien's struggles through the war but about others also.

This information can be helpful in the reading of The Sorrow of War because it makes the reader know that this is how he divides the novel into chapters; by writing short stories. It is also helpful because myself and other classmates has talked about this structure in this novel!