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Flashbacks In Fallen Angels

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Being in war for a long time can make you numb to the people dying around you. People that just got there will most likely be paranoid or have anxiety. Those symptoms show posttraumatic stress disorder. The flashbacks, guilty feelings and nightmares are what happens a lot of times while there in war. Flashing back to the same place over and over would be the worst nights ever. In the book “ fallen angels “ Perry had flashbacks a lot and it made him paranoid and he would have to take a break and jump back into his group when he was ready and felt calm. In my research “ Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Study” It had said they would have flashbacks to their life at home and compare it to what happened in front of them and it scared them and they would have break downs or give up by panicking. The research is very accurate to the book because of what perry went through in the story and how the research explained it. When someone who wasn’t ready for what was coming and had a nice family is gone and you're left to tell the story to the loved ones it will bring you guilt as if it was your fault. In book “ Fallen angels” jenkins had died by stepping on a landmine. Someone tries to write a letter home for his family and takes the blame for it all when really it was …show more content…

My research “ Stress hits some vets late in life.” In the research it quotes that people would wake up screaming or crying worried about a family member or comparing events to their past and it would cause them to stay up all night. The book shows that my research was correct because of the events that occurred in the book and the outcomes to the people in the book nights had been

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