Significance Of War In Fallen Angels

Ava Williamson
Ms. Silver
English III
23 May, 2023
Fallen Angels and how it represents Anti-War
War. Noun. “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” War is what Richie Perry and his squad mates went through in Vietnam. Whether they enlisted or were drafted, they all had the same life experiences. They all went through their teammates and leaders dying in combat, whether it was their fault or the vietnamese. Although many people think Fallen Angels is an advocate for war, it clearly is a novel about war and the negative effects on people, so it's anti-war. Without any second thoughts, Fallen Angels is obviously an antiwar novel because it shows the misuse of young men, of

Jenkins is a soldier that Richie befriends at the beginning of the novel. Jenkins joined the army to please his father, a colonel, and to begin a military career. Jenkins was convinced that he was going to die, but Richie assured him otherwise. Richie was wrong. On Richie's first patrol with Peewee and Jenkins, Jenkins steps on a landmine and is killed immediately. “My father used to call all soldiers angel warriors,” he said. “Because usually they get boys to fight wars. Most of you aren’t old enough to vote yet,”(27). Lieutenant Carroll says this following Jenkins’ death. He said this to show them all that death is inevitable, even to young, new people in the war. This shows that the author, Walter Dean Myers, has something to say about the army’s use of young men. This novel, Fallen Angels, is indeed an anti-war

It seemed to be what the war was about. Hours of boredom, seconds of terror,”(80). Richie summed his time in Vietnam in this sentence and it was perfect. Whether it was them sitting around being anxious for what's to come, and the anxiety of it actually happening. Richie even admits that the missions bring a level of excitement, all his worries for the future go away, and he is taken up in all of the parts of war. War causes anxiety on the battlefield and later in life. Myers showed that his novel has a message about anti-war through the hardships Richie Perry and his squad mates went through in the Vietnam