Abstract: The Sorrow of War is a novel written by the Vietnamese writer Bao Ning. This work mainly fo-cuses on the pain caused by the Vietnam War to the people through the narrative method of stream of con-sciousness and from the perspective of anti-war. lt depicts the relationship of the protagonist with the fe-male characters in the novel. In building the female images, Bao Ning not only depicts the women livingunder traditional patriarchy, but also many female characters with feminist consciousness , including AFang who rebels against traditions, A:Xing and A'He who are praised as heroines, and HeBi who yearnsfor gender equality between men and women. The status and life experience of female characters are stud-ied. This article mainly analyzed the classification of image building of female characters and discussedtheir destinies.

Key words: The Sorrow of War: female image, feminism