In the novel "Fallen Angels" all the elements of literature were vividly written and imagined. One element of literature is the plot. In the novel the main external conflict was the war itself. This was the fighting of South Vietnam against North Vietnam. However with the war came many complications or little conflicts surrounding the characters in the novel. On complication is an internal conflict within Perry the main character. This is when Perry wonders …showed first 75 words of 1051 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1051 total…had showed how war had an over lasting period of effect that stayed in the soldiers minds. The importance of the point of view the novel is in shows how a soldier in Vietnam might really think and react to certain things going on. Lastly the author uses foreshadowing because; it makes the reader have a little bit of suspense. These are all the different writing techniques that Walter Dean Myers uses in the novel