Sunday, March 6, 2011

       There were many scenes throughout Restrepo that helped me visualize what i had been reading in Fallen angels better.One scene is when they just lie around the hooch when they rant patrolling in Restrepo they had a dance party and i had no clue what they did in fallen angels. a second scene is when in battle a soldier in Restrepo dies one soldier starts balling and that helped me see what they did in fallen angels. a third scene is when just giving me an opportunity to see how small the bunkers really are in war gave me a better visualization of fallen angels. a fourth scene is when the Restrepo soldiers would talk to the locals to get them to try and cooperate that helped show the troubles they went through in fallen angels. a fifth scene is when members of both resptrepo and fallen angels loved killing people and did it for revenge. a sixth scene is how some members in both didn't like to kill anyone at all and they just wanted to survive. a seventh example is when they fined out how soon they are going home how much there mentalities change. an eighth scene is how members in both have nightmares and have trouble sleeping because of the devastations they have seen and experienced. a ninth scene is in fallen angels the soldiers often shot but didn't know were the person was they were shooting at and this seemed to happen a lot in Restrepo also. a final example of this is how during down time they try to find ways to have fun and it showed how in restrepo they found fun in the little things.
        Both restrepo and fallen angels showed many similarities about war. The main idea bin both of these is how bad war really is. In both Restrepo and fallen angels the soldiers go through awful battles and other things that will change them as people forever. one example of this is you never know who will be the next to die and it could even be you. this happens in Fallen Angels when Jenkins dies and it happens in Restrepo when Restrepo dies. The soldiers will never forget the fallen and there memories will stay with them forever. Also war also has some upsides to it. Manly it brings the members of the hooch very close like brothers. the reason for this is every day you have to trust them with your life because if you don't it could get everyone killed. This happens in Restrepo when they all tease the cook and when they have a dance party in the hooch. It is shown in Fallen Angels when peewee and perry rant close in the beginning and at the end they are like brothers.

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