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Analysis Of Fallen Angles By Walter Dean Myers

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Countless things happen every day. Some are good, some are bad. In the novel of Fallen Angles by Walter Dean Myers, the story follows young men soldiers who fight in the Vietnam War. Perry and Peewee who are from New York City and Chicago, respectively. The only reason for Perry going to Vietnam just because of paperwork mistakes. In the short story of “ On The Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien, describes a young man who has to choose between going to Vietnam and fleeing to Canada to evade the draft. a month after he graduates from Macalaster College. The war seems wrong to him, its causes and effects uncertain. From my own experience, I also undergo the changing situations when I become an international student. My statement is that it is obvious …show more content…

While in basic training, he injuries his knee playing basketball, earning his medical profile that should keep him out of combat. He naively thinks the matter will be dealt with quickly. Perry asks the captain that does he notice his medical profile, whereas he says that he does not see anything that Perry should go to his company commander, mention his profile to him. Perry feels puzzled and he does not prepare anything for this reply because he believes his medical profile will be totally settled soon. If he prepares to respond to his medical profile and the attitude of the officer, he will be more frankly accept this thing. That’s why people must be prepared to respond to the unknown circumstances because they already have had a positive mentality to face it instead of like Perry always thinking his medical profile in the army’s life. Perry must be prepared to respond to a changing circumstance when Jenkins died. One night, Perry, Peewee and Jenkins go on night patrol with their squad. Just as they are …show more content…

In the afternoon that his draft notice arrives, Tim O’Brien thinks about it for a while. For himself, he hates the war so much because certain blood was being shed for uncertain reasons. Besides, he cannot give himself a reasonable explanation to go to the war even kill innocent people. Most importantly, he does not prepare anything for the draft notice and trying to get rid of it. Individuals must be prepared to accept the changing circumstances because escaping cannot solve the problem. Only using their positive mentality to face it. Tim O’ Brien spends the summer in a meatpacking plant in his hometown, removing blood clots from pigs with a water gun. He comes home every night stinking of pig and drives around town aimlessly, wondering how find a way out of his situation. It illustrates that Tim O’Brien still cannot respond to this changing circumstance. If he has already prepared to go to the war, he will be more willing to fight with his country instead of resenting his hometown for making him feel compelled to fight a war that it does not even know anything about. One day, Tim, O’Brien leaves work suddenly and meets the elderly proprietor, Elroy Berdahl at Tip Top Lodge. On Tim O’ Brien’s last full day at Tip Top Lodge, he makes a decision that he drive south to his home and then goes off to war because he is ready for the war. Additionally,

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