WOW!

Richie and his crew were ordered to go back to their village, and as they approach the site they seen that the Vietcong had invaded and killed there Americans. They seen dead body on the ground, going into one of the huts the Vietcong was still in the village Richie seen a miss fire from one of their guns and he shoots him from point blanks and kills him. This REALLY surprised me because I wouldn't think he would kill someone, I would think he was let someone else shoot away. Also what surprised me was his shot, how he killed him with one shot. But I could predict his reaction after he shot the man. He talked about what the man was thinking and what was he fighting for. He was acting like a little wimp because he and another soldier slept together for mutual comfort. Then he wrote a letter to his brother Kenny and had no clue what to say he said no words cause he couldn't explain the feelings that he was going threw at the time when he killed the Vietcong man.

I knew it

Like I said for the previous I knew that he wouldn't grow into a man. In this chapter he talked about at this point in the war he needs his mom. I knew that he wouldn't over come that he can not be around his mom and he is getting really home sick. Also him and his friends regret enlisting themselves in the army. I knew that they would all began to say it soon or later. Thats all they talked about crying to the other soldiers about how this is horrifying and there is so much killing and the dead bodies with all the American soldiers dying that they was close to. Richie needs to just become a man, I have never been in the army but if I sign up for it knowing what I'm getting myself into I would go all out and not whine about it to all the other soldiers. 

Actions

I have been noticing that Richie has not been have a really good life. I noticed that he is really scared and he doesn't really know what to do because there is no where to go. He talks about his how he doesn't want the people from the other countries to think that he is a killer or threat to them. But he is not seeing that this is what he signed up for, he did this for the better for himself not for other people. This should help him grow and become a strong adult instead of losing or wasting his life in the streets of Harlem. Throughout the chapter its doesn't seem like he is growing up it seems to me that he is growing more scared everyday.

Incorrect

From my last post about how I think he is going to leave or find his way out the the war was wrong. He ended up staying in but he met two American red cross works and they talked to him about what he was going to do when he got home. He though back about the high school days and how in school one time he and his guidance counselor was talking and he said how he wanted to be a philospher and the counselor just laughed at he. So now when someone asks him a question he feels every uncomfortable to say anything or express him feelings.

Prediction

After reading about all the killing that was going on I think that Richie will soon drop out of the army or try to change his position because he is so scared and frightened about all is friend in his platoon dying and never seeing them again. I think that all the talking he does will soon wear off on the other young troops around him. They will all soon want to go home crying to their mothers.

Regret

Richie has heard about three people dying in his patrol. This really scares the mess out of him, he quickly worries about how himself like what if he dies and his family at home. He thinks about the other guys families. He talks to the other soldiers and they tell him to chill out because he is over reacting about the whole situation. They tried there best to calm him down but he soon regrets entering the war. For all that he should of known what the effects was going to be. 

Marriage

One of Richie friends named peewee got a letter from his wife say she married someone else because he was gone away for to long. I was really surprised that this happened because that really meant that she didn't really love him because she would of had waited for him and wait until he came back from the war. 

Reality

In this chapter Richie faces many scary things. All the elements of war really started setting in on him and his other younger buddies. As a teenager he really is facing a lot and is getting hit by a lot at once. All the heroic thoughts he Had were blown out the window and thoughts like fear quickly took over him and the other younger soldiers. He goes back thinking about how he was shelter and and innocent before he come to the war.

Pain

Richie the main character  didn't know what to do with his life the lived in the bad streets of Harlem and had no future. He had no help so he decided to enlist him self in the army. He thought that the Vietnam War would be over by time the was done all the training, but things quickly changed. He ended up getting injuring his knee playing basketball, he though he would be out of combat until he got better but he ended up going to nam anyway. He didn't even know how to shoot a gun at the time. In pain he travels across heading towards the war. 

Relating the Book to Class

this book relates to a lot of the things we were talking about during class. This book reminds me of a book that I read in class called the Color of Water. because there is a kid that doesn't know what to do with his life and his parents aren't there to lead him and help him in building his life. Also this relates to the topic of invisibility, because it seemed to me that he didn't mean anything to anyone not even his own family. 

Fallen Angels

By Walter Dean Myers I will  be posting about some of the topics in the book that i think are most interesting. I will be updating you on some of the key parts of the book.  

Cuzco Peru

Take a look at the video and then write what you think about it make comments about how u think life is there and their culture.

I chose this video to make a do now because this gives a little preview to what Cuzco has to offer and show a little about their culture and all the land structure that still stand to this day. What I really want people to get of this is to show the the culture that is in Cuzco.

His impact

Che wanted to become at the beginning of his a doctor. Becoming a medical student was his key target in life as a young man. But at the end of his journey he didn't turn out to be what he started at but he probably had a bigger impact on the world then he expected to be. He also showed that he could do things and changed the world in a harsh but good way to get his point through.

Chile Memoir

Independent since 1818, grapes, Santiago, mountains