“We’re all dead and just hoping that we come back to life when we get into the world again.” The book “Fallen Angels” by Walter Dean Myers is the tale of a young man named Richard Perry to Vietnam. Perry is just a young man and so are many of his fellow soldiers. Throughout the story they all face many of the same feelings. Feelings of fear‚ comradeship‚ and losing a close friend. All of the men face the overwhelming fear of war. Many times throughout the book they come face to face with death
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In Monster‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ the reader learns from Steve Harmon’s experiences that sometimes guilt or innocence of a person might not be determined by solid evidence but by onlooker’s opinions and interpretation of the crime. There is not a large amount of scientific evidence in the case against Steve Harmon‚ so the jury must rely on Steve’s background information‚ their opinions of guilt and innocence‚ and the testimonies of the witnesses who are mostly criminals. From Steve’s trial
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consequences are not considered. People will go to great lengths to survive no matter what happens in the process. Teenagers are a few of those people who can get lost in this chaotic world and do things to survive without considering the cost. Walter Dean Myers Dope Sick displays the life of a teenager named Lil J‚ who has lived through layers of pain and has to make difficult decisions. His life is troublesome with a drunken mother who has neglected him his whole life and a disappeared father. To make
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English 12-3 Mrs. Cheryl Simmons 29 September 2008 Was Beowulf a Flat or Round Character? Beowulf is a hero noted for his acts of courage and the nobility with which he performed these acts. Beowulf embodied the ideals of conduct that were most valued in this setting. Beowulf is described as the perfect hero‚ almost too perfect. There lies the problem of Beowulf’s character‚ it is flat. Beowulf fights for his people and fights evil with super-human abilities to bring about peace and justice
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Monster By Walter Dean Myers The main character in the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers is 16-year-old Steve Harmon who has been arrested and put on trial for his part in a robbery in which a convenience store owner was killed. A question that people can ask while reading this novel is‚ was Steve Harmon truly the lookout for the convenience story robbery or was he in the wrong place at the wrong time? Regardless‚ he has been arrested for his part in the crime that led to the killing of the store’s
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Fallen Angels Essay Cassidey Shafer Period 4 In the book‚ Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers‚ the main character‚ Perry‚ changes a lot. His views on life and war change quite drastically and he begins to question the war and if there is any straightforward morality in the fighting. In the beginning of the book‚ Perry isn’t too worried about the war and thinks that he won’t engage in the conflict there due to a knee injury‚ but by the end of the book‚ he is considering going AWOL just to get away
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BAD BOY by “Walter Dean Myers.” I enjoy to read books that have a main character that as to overcome an obstacle in their life‚ and that is why I enjoyed this book so much. The main character grew up in Harlem‚ New York in a poor old fashioned family. Growing up in a city like that being smart and reading is not cool. For the first thing I chose in my Bento Box was a stack of books to represent how the main character loved to read even though he was made fun of for it. The main character was also very
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was stopped by two police officers nearby‚ who quickly handcuffed me and took me down the station‚ ignoring every word I said. Similarly‚ in a book that I have recently read‚ the main character is blamed for an action which he did not commit - the murder of a drugstore owner at a holdup. In Monster by Walter Dean Myers‚ Steve is faced with an internal conflict of desire that causes him to question his morality. In life at one point or another‚ we all begin to question ourselves‚ and we let others influence
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In Monster by Walter Dean Myers a teenage boy named Steve Harmon. Steve Harmon may or may not be apart of a felony murder case that killed a 55-year-old man. Steve learned The people you hang out with and the actions you make can turn your life around in a second.In my life I have learned many things but one important lesson is you need to keep your head up because in life things are going to get rough and there is not always a solution to the problems that we face. A good friend helped me learn
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The Slam Heard ’Round the World In 1879‚ Henrik Ibsen wrote a play that dealt with the power in a marriage entitled "A Doll House". The play was praised primarily on its ending‚ in which Nora‚ the female protagonist‚ chooses to walk out on her husband who has been controlling her ever since they were wed. Women the world over were suddenly inspired to take hold of their relationships and stop allowing their husbands to toy with them. China‚ in specific‚ was impacted heavily as Chinese custom heavily
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