Fallen angel

Rol'Naaris was peacefully on his onmi-tool for a good ten seconds before the human said something ridiculous that caused him to look away from the device. Then he found the human had indeed gone mad as he pointed his pistol at him. He turned towards the group and said quietly, [color=a36209]"If I do not receive an explanation, I will be more inclined to shoot this fellow. I do not want to, but I am extremely uncomfortable with the current state of affairs."[/color] Rol'Naaris was now…

“What do you mean?” Bass asked hanging onto her. “Do you have to fight?” Charlie shook her her head. “Just promise me you won’t interfere.” “You can’t ask me that!” Bass thundered. “You’re my wife, of course I’m going to interfere if I need too.” Charlie pulled away, a mulish expression on her face. “We need to go. We’re late and the last thing we need is a warclan on our ass.” Bass opened his mouth to say something but she was already walking away. Looking over at Connor who just shrugged,…

Psychological Turmoil of the Fallen Angels Fallen Angels was fast paced and never let the action die away for the reader, reflecting the experience of a soldier for whom time flew by as a million little tragedies took place. Though it was often difficult to keep up with Myers’ pace, as the events blurred into one another, the important scenes always hit hard enough to stop me in my tracks and force me to reread and reread. The most impactful was Perry’s account of the interaction between the…

Character Development in Fallen Angels Richie Perry, the main character in Fallen Angels went to war, so he could escape his troubled life at home. Fallen Angels is a book written by Walter Dean Myers about the hardships of the Vietnam War. Myers in known for his accurate, detailed and sometimes graphic depiction of the War. The setting of Vietnam gave Richie experiences that changed him mentally and emotionally. Such as, seeing some of his friends killed, to having to push through being…

I am reading The City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare and I am on page 184. This book is about shadowhunters who are half human and half angel. Which they just got out of a war called the Mortal War that was shadowhunters and downworlders together against Valentine and his son Jonathan. The shadowhunters won and Valentine and Johnathon are dead. They are now on their way to rebuild the way of life that they have always known. In this journal I will be questioning and predicting. G- I…

became a couple. When I arrived, there she was standing so elegantly as the gust of night gently blew her hair in way so mystically. If I didn’t know who she was, I might have mistaken her for an angel. However, I knew all too well that she could not possibly be an angel. Much rather, she was a fallen angel. One born of a disturbed heart in which god would not acknowledge. In fact, no one did, not until I met her at least. When I first laid my eyes on her I, without a moment of hesitation,…

Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, tells the story about a teenage boy who goes to fight in the Vietnam War. The young boy is a black, seventeen year old and goes by the name of Richie Perry. By the time he graduates from Harlem, he decides he is going to go fight in the Vietnam War for the United States Army. Perry is sent off to basic training and when he is ready to leave for Vietnam he begins to have horrible thoughts and illusions of the war and fighting in the front. Perry has been told…

Fallen Angels is a coming-of-age novel about a young man who enters the army during the Vietnam War in the 1960’s. The book was banned by certain school districts for its use of profanity, sexual language, racism, and vulgarity, and has been repeatedly challenged by parents and teachers over the past 15 years (Serena, 2010). No punches were pulled in this novel. It successfully paints a picture of war as teens drafted during the Vietnam War era, and tells how they would have experienced and been…

Vietnam War has always frightened the people into hiding. Afraid of facing death in the eye or having your friend die in your arms. But what if there was more to the war then meets the eye? What if you were your own worst enemy? In the novel, Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers uses both the setting and time period to explore controversial topics. He explains how the time period affected the protagonist, Richie Perry, by individualizing him from the rest of the group due to his skin color. He has…

Courage is an important trait for a person to have. Dr. Robert Anthony described it as "the willingness to be afraid and act anyway." The book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers definitely agrees with this quote as it is based during the Vietnam War and is about a squad of U.S. soldiers. One person in the book that showed an abundance of courage is Perry. He was able to continue on throughout all the struggles of war. In the book he showed courage during different parts of the book including…