The Killer Angels

Characters

• Buster Kilrain
• Joshua Chamberlain
• Robert E. Lee
• James Longstreet
• Arthur Fementle
• Harris

Setting

• This book takes place in June 29 to July 3, 1863
• It takes place in a small farm town in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Plot

• This book tells about the battle of Gettysburg
• On July 1, 1863, the Confederate army and the union army fought the largest battle of the civil war.

Climax

• The Climax of the story is when the confederate soldiers make a brave yet utterly futile march into a field filled with enemy artillery.

Falling action

• Longstreet and Lee know that the war will not end, but both of them suspect that the Confederacy just lost

Themes

• Technology and strategic development, The obtrusiveness of death in war, a nation divided and leadership

Motifs and symbols

• Motifs; loyalty, command errors, aristocracy
• Symbols; Lee's heart troubles

Citations

• SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Killer Angels.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 12 May 2015.
• Sharaa, Michael. The killer angels. New York:Mckay, 1974. 345. Print

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