... they become aware of the troubled reality going on in the world. Thus far, this is shown as the young men go into the Vietnam War sheltered and not really being revealed to immorality in the world. Comparatively it is evident in both pieces from Myers' with Lieutenant Carroll calling the dead soldiers " ... all the emotions of guilt after he killed the man he is coming of age as he is faced with the inhumanity of war. In "Fallen Angels" Myers' characterizes the loss of innocence through the young soldiers differs from O'Brien in "The Man I Killed". For instance one of the ... being ...

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... that most people usually find joy in as depicted in the memories of Jacob, because the feeling of being needed and loved by a spouse or ones child is something that can not simply be replaced. Nevertheless, with every loving memory ... no doubt a miserable memory to follow. It is impossible for a person not to go through life without expressing hardship and pain, some surely more traumatic than others but it is inevitable. Jacob experiences this in many different forms. For instance, ... the last chaotic memory of him being a soldier. The flashback is of his team being attacked all of a ...

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