Who is Can from The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam and what is their importance? The_Sorrow_of_War English & Literature Can | The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam

Can is a comrade of Kien who is different from the others because of his early attempt to desert the army and escape to the quiet and safe life back home on a farm with his mother. Can's efforts, however, end in failure. This can be seen as a metaphoric foreshadowing of how Kien's efforts to emotionally and spiritually leave behind the horrors of war also end in failure.