Character Analysis Of Jenkins In The Fallen Angels

The next day after the patrol, Jamal, a medic tells Perry that Captain Stewart has reported that the Patrol Perry had been with yesterday, had killed three enemy soldiers when they really only killed one enemy soldier. Later on in the chapter, Perry wakes up one morning and has a very bad stomach ache. He later finds out that the sickness he had caught would cause him to constantly go to the bathroom. So he was ordered to stay in bed and rest until he gets better. After a few weeks of rest, going to the bathroom and laying in bed, Peewee asks Perry to write a letter to Earlene, Peewee’s girlfriend, because Peewee is too emotionally hurt about the fact that his girlfriend is engaged to another man while he is at war.

But, with war comes tragedy and in this novel, tragedy is a common occurrence in Richie Perry's platoon. The saddest part of the novel was the death of Jenkins shortly after arriving in vietnam. For instance, “ There was a shard of metal protruding from jenkins chest. The blood gurgled out of the wound, it made and sprayed along the concave metallic surface. He tried to bring his hand to it, to touch it.

Lieutenant Carroll is dead! The Fallen Angels character, Lieutenant Carroll, is one of the most important people within the story and Perry’s life. Carroll shows that he is sympathetic when the reality of war hits the soldiers. He is able to be caring, even to those who are the same ethnicity of the men who are trying to kill him. Lastly, he proves that there are certain instances where the men will have to be brave.

In the novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, true heroism is shown throughout many events in the story. One of the many characters in the book, Lt. Carroll, was said to show heroism before the main character, Richie Perry, came to the war. Another example of heroism by Lt. Carroll is when he was trying to lead his squad to safety but ended up getting hit himself. The third way Myers showed heroism is when Monaco, one of the squad members, was captured by the enemy and Richie and Peewee, another one of the squad members, saved him.

Richard Perry was a young seventeen-year-old black boy from Harlem. He did not have the money at go attend college so he decided to join the military. Perry played basketball throughout his life which resulted in a knee injury, but that did not stop him. On the way to Vietnam and at the beginning of his time there, Perry did not expect the events that were about to happen. “We spent another day lying around. It seemed to be what the war was about. Hours of boredom, seconds of terror.” (Myers 132). Perry and the rest of the men in Vietnam were put into hard positions and had to go through tough things. Perry had his friend, his leader, and was put into the hospital twice. Jenkins was the first to die among Perry’s friends. After the death he was hurt, but had to continue of and fight for his country. His lieutenant was the next of his close friends to die. Everyone was devastated about the loss of their lieutenant. The war had barely began, everyone had to still fight their hardest and not leave their guard down for anything. Many questions and prayers were spoken throughout the time in Vietnam. “I really wasn't pissed, because I knew the real

All our personalities compare to a character from Lord of the Flies, and I found myself to be an ENFP or an idealist; someone most comparable to Simon. An ENFP or an idealist personality displays characteristics of being extroverted, intuitive, feeling and perceiving which. Furthermore, passionately concerned with positive improvement, being kind, warm, sympathetic, distracted and motivated were all trait described in the personality test for the ENFP. Due to our selflessness, how introverted and extroverted we are, and how we can think both logically and emotionally, makes Simon and I most similar.

When Richie first arrives in Vietnam, he befriends Harold “Peewee” Gates and Jenkins, two new recruits assigned to the same squad. A sergeant assures them that they should encounter only easy, light work, as there is

The second comrade he has lost was Lt. Carroll, where he died to enemy fire. The death of Jenkins reveals the reality of war to Perry, where he sees the death of his fellow comrade and questions the moral reasoning of being in the war. The death of Lt. Carroll causes the loss of Perry’s innocence and causes him to lose a father figure, where in the war Lt. Carroll has cared for and watched over their squad. Consequently, the impact the war has on Perry affects him to the extent where he now fights for survival of himself and the squad. He also has to have the ability to see reality and experience maturity, but still be able to feel and give love. Perry is involved in a event where they had to burn American soldiers and their I.D. tags. He is then again involved in a event where he and Peewee kill opposing soldiers on the other side to save the lives of themselves and their squad, where at the end they were injured enough to go home and leave vietnam holding hands. The significant event of burning of American soldiers and identification cards symbolize their survival alone or with the squad, where the military views them as a “pawns” or a “diamond dozen”. Perry saving the squad with PeeWee

Throughout the novel Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, there are many heroic and tragic characters. Some stand out more than others, however clearly Lieutenant General James Longstreet is very tragic. Why VERY tragic you ask, well, he let Lee continue on with an attack even though he knew the attack would fail causing 15,000 rebel deaths and a humiliating defeat, he had a very hard time focusing on the battle due to the fact he lost his three kids to the fever before the war, he became a Republican after the war, making him deeply hated by the democratic south, and last but not least, he pinned the loss on southern general and first in command General Robert E Lee, the most beloved general in history. As you can see he is clearly the most

Imagine you are a lawyer tasked with an impossible case, and everybody in your community is against you, but still there is a shred of hope you cling to. What might that be you ask? That to which you cling are your morals. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch had been given the Tom Robinson case, where a black man was convicted of raping a white woman. As a single father of two children, he continues to reinforce his values throughout the trial and during his daunting task of raising his children. In To Kill A Mockingbird what Harper Lee suggests about the nature of morals is that you should try to stand up for what you believe in even if people oppose or reject your ideals. Even when faced with an insurmountable opposition you should stand up for your morals because in the end if your don't follow your beliefs you are just contributing to the problem. We should try to create a voice for what we believe in and impress that upon the next generation so they can continue to exercise their beliefs to make the world a better place.

Deliverance is novel that is a thriller for the everyday reader. It is a mixture of a survival and suspense story. James Dickey’s way of writing, really helped the story. His way of explaining certain scenes really enhances the plot of the story. The setting of the story puts the reader in an uncomfortable position that they never been in. Ed and Lewis have great characteristics that really fit the story well. They both have good leading personalities, and the problem they get into they really need to use each other's skills. Dickey put a lot of elements in the story to make it the perfect thriller.

Imagine a four year old, who moves across the pacific to an allegedly heaven-like place expecting to find a better life, but soon comes to find that things are not as carefree as her parents told her. Young Ju, the protagonist in An Na’s novel “A Step From Heaven” is that four year old. Hopeful to start a better life in a place she sees as heaven, she is let down by the realities of the world around her as she is torn apart by her parents abusive and toxic relationship. How can one lead a successful life with such a challenge? A normal individual would have trouble adapting, however Young Ju grows and changes throughout the story to overcome various challenges that she faces.

No human, or animal, or other living being in this world is perfect. Flaws are existent. However, the severity of the flaws can differ, from mild to rather dangerous. Most importantly, flaws develop in a human being due to specific reasons. In Lord of The Flies, the author William Golding’s portrayal of selfishness and pride are significant because they are emotions that prevail when a civilization is absent, showing that humans have a tendency to go towards savagery that is contained by the presence of a civilization.

While on the different patrol he experiences his first fire fight. The issue is the fire fight was friendly fire. The 4th platoon shot down the first platoon. After the horror of what he witnessed he wanted to send something to Kenn. Lieutenant Carrol helped by giving Perry a jacket to send home. As the story progresses you come to find out that the leader of the villages the U.S. visits are killed if they don’t give the supplies to Viet Cong. While at the village Peewee also bought different salve for hair growth. Peewee received a letter from Earlene about how she still loved Peewee even though she is pregnant and married to someone else.

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her