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

Hoa is a female North Vietnamese guide who gets Kien and several other soldiers lost as they're trying to make their way back to the North Vietnamese battle lines. In what appears to be an effort to redeem herself, she distracts a troop of American soldiers from the wounded North Koreans, and is raped for her efforts.