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Quotes From Fallen Angels by: Walter Dean Myers
The Un-Romantic Realities of War: Heroism or Terror?
1. Chapter 1 Pg. 8
“ A rumbling noise off to my left sounded like distant thunder. We knew it was artillery. My stomach felt queast. Guys started looking at the ground. This was Nam. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
2. Chapter 8 Pg. 90
“ They just died because somebody else was scared, maybe careless. They died because they were in Nam, where being scared made you do things you would regret later. We were killing our brothers, ourselves. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
3. Chapter 10 Pg. 107
“ It was his life, but it was our lives as well. God have mercy. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
4. Chapter 11 Pg. 109
“ Shock. Pain. Nobody wanted to look at anybody else. Nobody wanted to talk. There was nothing to say. Lieutenant Carroll’s death was close. It hung around our shoulders and filled the space between us. Lieutenant Carroll has sat with us, had been scared with us, had worried about us. Now he was dead. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
5. Chapter 11 Pg. 116
“ “Why do you think Lieutenant Carroll got it?” “The man dialed his number,” Peewee said. “You really believe that?” I asked. “Can’t handle anything deeper,” Peewee said. ”
-Perry and Peewee
6. Chapter 11 Pg. 117
“ What I wanted to put in it was the reason for my dying, if I should die. I knew I wanted to live because I was afraid of dying, and I knew I could come up with reasons for wanting to live. “
-Narrator (Myers)
7. Chapter 12 Pg. 126
“ “Vietnam doesn’t mean nothing man,” Johnson said. “We could do the same thing some place else. We just over here killing people to let everyone know we gonna do it if it got to be done.” “
-Johnson
8. Chapter 12 Pg. 126
“ Maybe the time had passed when anybody could be a good guy.”
-Narrator (Myers)
9. Chapter 13 Pg. 139
“ The wounded man screamed for a while, then begged for a while, then went back to screaming. We turned away from him, tried to shut him out of our minds. “
-Narrator (Myers)
10. Chapter 14 Pg. 149
“ I didn’t consciously want to kill anybody, anything. But I felt strange. The sight of all the bodies lying around, the smell of blood and puke and urine, made my head spin, pushed me to a different place. I wanted to fire my weapon, to destroy this nightmare around me. I didn’t want it to be real. This much death, this much dying, this waste of human life. I didn’t want it. “
-Narrator (Myers)
The Un-Romantic Realities of War: Heroism or Terror?
1. Chapter 1 Pg. 8
“ A rumbling noise off to my left sounded like distant thunder. We knew it was artillery. My stomach felt queast. Guys started looking at the ground. This was Nam. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
2. Chapter 8 Pg. 90
“ They just died because somebody else was scared, maybe careless. They died because they were in Nam, where being scared made you do things you would regret later. We were killing our brothers, ourselves. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
3. Chapter 10 Pg. 107
“ It was his life, but it was our lives as well. God have mercy. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
4. Chapter 11 Pg. 109
“ Shock. Pain. Nobody wanted to look at anybody else. Nobody wanted to talk. There was nothing to say. Lieutenant Carroll’s death was close. It hung around our shoulders and filled the space between us. Lieutenant Carroll has sat with us, had been scared with us, had worried about us. Now he was dead. ”
-Narrator (Myers)
5. Chapter 11 Pg. 116
“ “Why do you think Lieutenant Carroll got it?” “The man dialed his number,” Peewee said. “You really believe that?” I asked. “Can’t handle anything deeper,” Peewee said. ”
-Perry and Peewee
6. Chapter 11 Pg. 117
“ What I wanted to put in it was the reason for my dying, if I should die. I knew I wanted to live because I was afraid of dying, and I knew I could come up with reasons for wanting to live. “
-Narrator (Myers)
7. Chapter 12 Pg. 126
“ “Vietnam doesn’t mean nothing man,” Johnson said. “We could do the same thing some place else. We just over here killing people to let everyone know we gonna do it if it got to be done.” “
-Johnson
8. Chapter 12 Pg. 126
“ Maybe the time had passed when anybody could be a good guy.”
-Narrator (Myers)
9. Chapter 13 Pg. 139
“ The wounded man screamed for a while, then begged for a while, then went back to screaming. We turned away from him, tried to shut him out of our minds. “
-Narrator (Myers)
10. Chapter 14 Pg. 149
“ I didn’t consciously want to kill anybody, anything. But I felt strange. The sight of all the bodies lying around, the smell of blood and puke and urine, made my head spin, pushed me to a different place. I wanted to fire my weapon, to destroy this nightmare around me. I didn’t want it to be real. This much death, this much dying, this waste of human life. I didn’t want it. “
-Narrator (Myers)