The Fallen Essays

I recently checked out the book, Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers from our media center and I also found out that this book was a “banned book”. After reading it, my English teacher told me that Armstrong had banned this book and this really confused me. After reading Fallen Angels I do not see one reason why this book should be banned from anywhere. This book was about how a 17 year old boy signs up for the army and gets stationed in Vietnam, he later meets 4 other American gentleman. They

Imperfect America experiences constant reminders that, “Heaven has not and will not arrive on Earth” (The Loss of Innocence). This concept carries over to the tragedy that war has become. In Fallen Angels, Meyers uses a specific prayer to connect the audience to the great sorrow brought by, “warrior soldiers” (Myers 44). Through the words of Lieutenant Carroll and Monaco, the audience realizes that the soldiers mourn the loss of their peer; however they lament the loss of their childlike innocence

Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers is one of the most influential and creative writers. Myers was a young adult writer that was well known for his realistic-fiction novels. He deals with topics like loneliness, war, and the idea of innocence. One his best-known works is Fallen Angels, a realistic fiction set in the Vietnam War and its impact on our characters. The story’s setting impacts the characters, mood, and pace of the story. The characters throughout Fallen Angels are each individually shaped

Emily Knust English 11 Quarter Three Book Report Fallen Angels is a novel written by Walter Dean Myers. Myers, like Richie Perry, was a colored boy from Harlem. Myers had a speech problem all throughout his life and this gave him the drive to write. He dropped out of school as a junior and later went to the army. He was not recognized until he won a reward for his story, Where Does A Day Go? This novel, Fallen Angels, won the Coretta Scott King Award. This story is set in Vietnam, in about 1967

Access to knowledge is a right that is being slowly, but surely, restricted among readers across the globe. The book I chose, Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, is one of the textual pieces that is receiving criticism for the use of “graphic and disturbing language,” as well as “derogatory” terms. Fallen Angels is a story describing the life of the Vietnam war of a young teenage kid, Richie Perry, using a collection of journal entries that were tied together with dialogue, forming a coherent story

What would you do if you were stuck in the middle of the Vietnamese army with no backup? Well, that is the reality of Perry and Peewee in the book Fallen Angels. Fallen Angels is a fictional thriller written by Walter Dean Myers, that is based on the Vietnamese war. During this book there are numerous amounts of courage, too many to count! But there are several characters who make themselves prominent with courage, who rise above the rest. Richie Perry, Lieutenant Carroll, and the Helicopter pilots

The novel Fallen Angels, written by Walter Dean Myers, is a story that follows a young African American man named Richie through his journey in the Vietnam war. As a child, Myers had a hard time communicating with others as a result of his speech impediment, and looked to writing as an escape. Similar to the main character, he joined the army as a teenager. This novel was inspired by his own experiences in the army, and served as an outlet for him to express all of the things that he learned about

The novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers , is a war novel. There are many themes prevalent in this novel. One of the themes present in this novel is the boredom and fear during the war. As well as how rank in the war affected men's actions. A big theme in this novel would concern the title Fallen Angels connecting itself to the fallen soldiers. Boredom and fear are two of the many emotions that soldiers in this novel have. Also, boredom and fear is one of the themes prevalent in this novel

recognizes his separation from his former alliance with the divine essence (qtd in Martz 72.) In his brief period of grief, Satan finds himself struggling towards the light that radiates from Heaven, signaling the presence of innate light still within the fallen being. However, this light soon becomes squandered when Satan finds it, “better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven,” (1.263) In his decision, the prevalence of darkness within Hell increases and eventually seeps into the secular realms created

Envy is an aspect of humanity that has been approached from many perspectives. In the “Rambler” by Samuel Johnson, the author took the stance that envy is a terrible and purposeless entity that serves only to degrade the quality of life. He analyzed the cause and effects of envy, how it relates to human error, and the consequences it is tied to. To emphasize the true impact of envy, he described the patterns in which he observed it as it manifested around him in his day-to-day life. In this passage

Kristen Moody Pre AP English 10, Period 2 September 17, 2016 Crouch Frankenstein DJ’s Quote Response "Remember that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed."(68). In this passage the monster is talking about Adam, the loved creation of God. God created Adam for companionship and loved him like a son. It is hard to find Frankenstein and God alike, and to me is offensive to think of Frankenstein as a god. My God is good

muttered, “Go back where you came from, fallen angel.” With furious eyes, the exorcist turned around and faced Calvin’s father, “You and your son will suffer worse pain than she did!” Calvin all swaddled in blankets, started to cry. The stars of the night glittered in the void of darkness. Calvin, now seventeen still dreamed of what happened so long ago. His father and himself were treated like outcasts. Calvin’s father had told him how he found his mother, a fallen angel, severely injured. His father

involved and our society in general. Our nation honors the sacrifices of the fallen as well as the survivors of past conflicts through museums, monuments, and memorials. Given the origin of these commemorations, they can carry a far greater significant meaning than anyone could ever possibly understand. Through the use of imagery, Komunyakaa illustrates the notion that the Vietnam Memorial is a connection between the fallen and the living that are in its presence. Komunyakaa initiates the use of imagery

In her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", Joyce Carol Oates utilizes a variety of literary devices to strengthen the story in its entirety. This short story is essentially about a 16-year-old girl named Connie and the conflict between her desire to be mature and her desire to remain an adolescent. Throughout the story, the audience sees this conflict through her words in addition to through her behavior. The audience is also introduced to Arnold Friend, a rather peculiar man

During the Victorian era, the controversial play was written to highlight a female seeking individuality in an immoral society which stirred up more controversy than any other works. In Ibsen’s writing, “A Doll’s House”, women’s lack to having their own purposes and goals was introduced. Throughout the play, Nora Helmer eventually comes into realization that she has to conclude playing the role of a doll and instead seek out her individuality as a heroine. These occurrences are portrayed through

Fallen Angels Global Issue Essay In the book, Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers, Richard Perry joins the United States army during the Vietnam war. Perry makes it to Vietnam and meets many new people with whom he grows closer and closer with every day. Perry sees lots of death throughout his time in the war and it gives the reader a good perspective of how gruesome and traumatic serving in a war can be and how seeing that much death and violence can affect a soldier. Perry watches as some of the

“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the story of life and death. The narrator is sentenced to death during the inquisition, waiting for his execution, he is trapped in a dark dungeon. The narrator believes he is going to die in this dungeon which is unusual because executions are usually public. In this dungeon is a small pit in the center and a pendulum swinging from the ceiling slowly descending to kill the narrator. The pendulum retracted into the ceiling and the narrator thought he was going to live

Often symbolized as holy figure which good example for “magical” being, but Marquez present the angel as fallen angel, in fact, Father Gonzaga announce that this winged man is imposter, “Then he notices that seen close up he was much too human” (Marquez 522). Also, Father Gonzaga shows characteristic of greediness by telling them to wait until the verdict,

Gary Soto, an American-Mexican Poet born in 1952, published an array of pieces that recount the realities of his upbringing. Growing up in San Joaquin Valley, ensured his involvement in the fields. Living in a drought prone region, droughts were inevitable, and the community remained vulnerable to hardships that came along with the drought. These hardships experienced were transformed into a visible theme found throughout this poem. Weather conditions can make people vulnerable to the effects experienced

wisdom and eminent reputation, pronounces over them an appropriate eulogy;” moreover, it was also stated that those who have fallen in the first war would be laid to rest in the most beautiful suburb in the city, while the ones who fought in Marathon would remain in the spot they were slain at (Thucydides 110 - 111). The person who should declare the eulogy for the fallen should be someone who personally fought along side these men, even though he may not know them personally, the mere fact that