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    Fallen Angels By: Walter Dean Myers 1. Pg. 14-15. Talking about a basketball tournament: “I wanted to win badly. I knew I was going into the army‚ but for me that was a kind of defeat. My plans‚ maybe just my dreams really‚ had been to go to college and to write like James Baldwin. All the other guys in the neighborhood thought I was going to college. I wasn’t‚ and the army was the place I was going to get away from all the questions. I wanted to win that tournament‚ to walk away from the streets

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    If one examines Fallen Angels‚ one is faced with a choice: either reject The Loss of Innocence or conclude that the task of the reader is deconstruction. ‚ a predominant concept is the distinction between destruction and creation. Monaco uses the term ’realism’ to denote the genre‚ and therefore the defining characteristic‚ of postdialectic class. The subject is contextualised into a that includes reality as a whole. "Society is part of the stasis of sexuality‚" says Corporal Brunner; however

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    1 / 3 Isabel Chang Period 2 Mrs. Bowley November 13‚ 2013 Fallen Angels Essay Fallen Angels‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ tells the fictional story of a young man named Richie Perry and his struggles throughout the Vietnam War. The war takes place in Vietnam‚ where North Vietnam is trying to “unify” the country under communism‚ while South Vietnam believed they were under attack from communists and preferred to stay separated. The United States involved itself in the war because our leaders were

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    Fallen Angels Essay Many people believe that wars do not always have a valid reason to be fought. Some of the arguments are that it brings death of civilians that could have been avoided. But in truth‚ people die every day. War may cause some harmful things‚ but‚ if you think about it‚ don’t people? I believe‚ and encourage you to believe with me‚ that wars are in fact necessary. Not just because we are fighting for what we believe in‚ but good things do come of war. Such as brotherhood‚ patriotism

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    In the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers‚ we read about the hardships and troubles of the main character‚ Richard Perry‚ during the Vietnam war. We learn a lot about Perry throughout the book‚ and by the end of the book we feel like we know exactly how Perry feels‚ and we have a understanding of some of the hardships that the soldiers faced in Vietnam. In this book‚ Perry kills a Vietnamese man in a hut he was supposed to check out‚ and from this point on he does a lot of thinking about

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    1.0 Proposed Project Title Fallen Angel is a film about an angel named Kushiel always played naughty games in heaven. As a punishment‚ she was sent down to earth to change one person from being involved in fights and gang wars. Drake‚ a member of a gang and always gets involved in fights was the person to be changed. On her way in her mission‚ she met Drake’s mother suffering in an illness. Join Kushiel as she helps Drake to change his life. 2.0 Area of Investigation This project is a

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    Many people in this world are unsure of what their future goals may be just like this young man named Richie Perry. Richie is a smart African American and was a well behaved child who had graduated from high school in Harlem. His mother who loved to drink didn’t have enough money to send him to college. Richie believed he should join the army so he can escape his future so he joins the army. He’s then sent to Vietnam to fight in the war to fulfill his duty. Richie claims he joined the army to find

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    In the book Fallen Angels‚ Walter Dean Myers truly captures these consequences in which a soldier must live with such as the separation of family and loved ones as well as the exhausting stress that comes with war. The Vietnam war was clearly one many people did not support and many of the soldiers put through that hellish experience had no option whether they were to be apart of the war or not. In the book we find the main character‚ Perry‚ often writing letters to his family at home or thinking

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    Theme of "Fallen Angels"

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    Losing Innocence: "Fallen Angels" find the true meaning of war "Fallen Angels"‚ written by Walter Dean Myers‚ is a novel that tells about the story of young boys going into battle during the Vietnam War. There are many themes in "Fallen Angels" but the main theme is the loss of innocence. The title makes reference to these themes. And the boys in the book have dreams of losing their virginity and drinking alcohol for the first time. They are thrown into a harsh reality when they are shown the

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    what is censorshipJimmy Oliver Dassler English 10H January 16th‚ 2012 Fallen Angels Censorship has been an issue that has been debated for many years. Censorship is the suppression of a book or other work of art which may be considered objectionable‚ harmful‚ sensitive‚ or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government‚ media outlet‚ or other controlling body. A “challenged” book is one that has had attempts to remove or restrict its material. A banned book is a book

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