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From: Cathy Retzer <medforcr>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 13:46:05 -0500 (CDT)
For the past week and a half, I have been reading Walter Dean Myers' book
"Fallen Angels." Let me preface my remarks by saying that as a K-4 media specialist, I don't have occassion to read many titles for YA youth anymore. I specifically read "Fallen Angels" (at bedtime) to follow the discussion on CCBC-NET.
I have to begin by saying that I was having trouble falling asleep during the nights I was reading "Fallen Angels." This is certainly not a "feel good" type of book. Myers paints a vivid, not pretty, picture of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War, like all wars, was not pretty. The characters are physically and emotionally shaken by what they see and take part in there.
I was particularly interested in the character of Perry and of his not knowing what to write about in his letters home to both his mother and younger brother--do you sugar-coat things or tell it like it really is? After getting "inside" the head of Perry, I can begin to better understand those Vietnam veterans who still have emotional problems after coming home.
Cathy Retzer Medford Elementary School Medford, WI medforcr at llwisc.wecb.state.wi.us
Received on Sun 10 Sep 1995 01:46:05 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 13:46:05 -0500 (CDT)
For the past week and a half, I have been reading Walter Dean Myers' book
"Fallen Angels." Let me preface my remarks by saying that as a K-4 media specialist, I don't have occassion to read many titles for YA youth anymore. I specifically read "Fallen Angels" (at bedtime) to follow the discussion on CCBC-NET.
I have to begin by saying that I was having trouble falling asleep during the nights I was reading "Fallen Angels." This is certainly not a "feel good" type of book. Myers paints a vivid, not pretty, picture of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War, like all wars, was not pretty. The characters are physically and emotionally shaken by what they see and take part in there.
I was particularly interested in the character of Perry and of his not knowing what to write about in his letters home to both his mother and younger brother--do you sugar-coat things or tell it like it really is? After getting "inside" the head of Perry, I can begin to better understand those Vietnam veterans who still have emotional problems after coming home.
Cathy Retzer Medford Elementary School Medford, WI medforcr at llwisc.wecb.state.wi.us
Received on Sun 10 Sep 1995 01:46:05 PM CDT
