Walter Dean Myers wrote Fallen Angels, a novel that realistically recounts the day to day lives of a group of solders in the Vietnam War and the way they cope with reality of it; faced with the horrors of war, each soldier must either reconcile reality with his personal beliefs or cling steadfastly to comfortable illusions of absolute morality. ... The men in Fallen Angels who control their emotions and try to maintain morals as well are the ones who survive; however, Perry, Peewee, and Lobel all cope with the war in different ways just as people do to survive in life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

FALLEN ANGELS FCA's:1. ... The name "Warrior Angels" was given by Lieutenant Carroll to American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. When soldiers are killed in action, they become "Fallen Angels." ... They transform into warriors but are still angels on the inside. 2. ...

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The loss of innocence is an evident theme in both Walter Dean Meyers' "Fallen Angels" and Tim O'Brien's "The Man I Killed". ... Comparatively it is evident in both pieces from Myers' with Lieutenant Carroll calling the dead soldiers "angel warriors" because usually young boys were the ones who fought the war; despite the fact that they were quite young and most of them couldn't vote. ... In "Fallen Angels" Myers' characterizes the loss of innocence through the young soldiers differs from O'Brien in "The Man I Kille...

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In the book called Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, Richie Perry is a person who's a emotional and changeable. ... Richie changed and he'll be forever known a falling angel. ... Perry Richie is more than this and this what is what I'd like to present you about Richie Perry, a falling angel....

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• Grade Level: High School