How Do You Respond To The Mutitineer's Speech

Comparing the book to the movie you can clearly tell what certain things are different. For example, Sydelle Pulaski worked for Mr. Westing in the movie but only talked over the intercom. This not only caused a lot of drama but more depth to the plot. Also, Crow didn’t go to jail but they did talk about most of the consequences of her going to jail. This made a little bit more serious and emotional instead of just letting it go.

Seeing the speech can enhance its effects. In the movie it is easy to see how the speech affected the men. This is shown by their facial expressions changing from sad or angry to passionate. It is harder to see this change in the book. Another way viewing helps add emotion is by letting us see the facial expressions and emotions from Chamberlain himself. The movie shows him getting emotional and tearing up a little whereas in the book it is very hard to tell the emotion behind this speech. Another way viewing enhances the emotion is by letting us hear the words. When reading the words on paper it is hard to get a sense of exactly how to read

The killer angels is a world acclaimed novel that was written by an author known as Michael Shaara. In the year 1975, it was granted the Pulitzer Prize for creative writing. It gives us in details the occurrences of the four days in the Battle of Gettysburg. This was during the American Civil War that occurred in the year 1863. At this time, troops that comprised of both the Union and Confederacy were at war in town called Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. This is a piece of story that is driven by disposition and narrated from the point of view of various heroes (Hartwig, 1996).

The Battle of Gettysburg brought the dueling North and South together to the small town of Gettysburg and on the threshold of splitting the Union. Gettysburg was as close as the United States got to Armageddon and The Killer Angels gives the full day-to-day account of the battle that shaped America’s future. Michael Shaara tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of the generals and men involved in the action of the battle. The historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg gives the reader a chance to experience the battle personally and not the history book manner taught in schools. A historical novel gives the facts straightforward and provides no commentary by the people involved in history. The

During one such moment, Chamberlain is reminded of a Shakespearean speech: “What a piece of work man is…in action how like an angel!” (page 126). Upon hearing this, Chamberlain’s father commented, “Well, boy, if he’s an angel, he’s sure a murderin’ angel.” (page 126). From this interaction, Chamberlain came up with “Man: the Killer Angels”, a thought he often revisited over the course of the Battle of Gettysburg, and from which the book acquires its title. Chamberlain acted with the intention of getting something positive out of the war. He never treated the Confederates as though they were less than him: “ Chamberlain put out a hand. ‘Sir’ he said. The Alabama man nodded slightly. His voice was so low Chamberlain could hardly hear it. ‘Do you have some water?’ ‘Certainly.’ Chamberlain offered his own canteen.” (page 243). It is even known that he had his troops salute the surrendering South at Appomattox.

Jim Murphy wrote a book called the Long Road To Gettysburg. It is a nonfiction book. It has 109 pages. The two main characters are General Robert E. Lee for the South and General Meade for the North. Other minor characters include General Joseph Hooker of the North and General John Dooley of the South. This book teaches you the Horrors of Gettysburg. The theme is violence is never the answer.

Many attribute the Union’s defense of Little Round Top during The Battle of Gettysburg to Chamberlain, a colonel in the 20th Maine Infantry and defended Little Round Top. It may be true that Chamberlain played an important role in defending Little Round Top, nevertheless all the credit should not go to him. Gouverneur K. Warren should be considered a bona fide key player to the success at Little Round Top, because of his ability to realize the Union’s weak point and form a strong defense in time to fight off the Confederates. If it were not for Warren the Confederates, from the words of Robert McNamara “could have overrun the left flank of the entire Union Army, and possibly won the battle and conceivably the entire Civil War” (1).

The battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important battles in the Civil War. If I was a Union soldier on cemetery ridge or little round top, I would be scared. Imagine bullets tearing down your friends around you, blood spattering the ground and yourself. I would be thinking “imgoingtodieimgoingtodieimgoingtodie” over and over. However, I would grasp onto that little light at the end of tunnel, hope. I would feel tortured inside, but I’d have to kill fellow human beings to save my own life. I would wonder if this was the most ethical way to settle a problem. But I would have to kill other soldiers, and that would kill me inside. With the fear of getting killed, the adrenaline rushing through my veins, taking the shot to end one life, and save another. And I would have to face this internal conflict over and over until it was safe, or until another soldier decided to make that same decision and chose me as their target. This is what I would feel if I was a Union soldier in the battle of Gettysburg.

oshua L. Chamberlain was a greatly decorated and respected Union officer. During the battle of Gettysburg, Chamberlain had acquired the rank of Brigadier General and had led the 20th Maine Regiment to counterattack the Confederates. Joshua not only had the daring ability to attack the Confederates but he had also had the ability to persuade men that he’d been given to continue fighting. Throughout the battle of Gettysburg Chamberlain had displayed some, if not all, of the seven army values.

Chamberlain a compassionate man, but he was a leader whom enjoyed teaching. During the war effort, Col. Chamberlain removed himself from his position as a Professor of Rhetoric at Bowdoin College, his alma mater. Although he was out of the academic field, he carried over many traits and characteristics that made him an excellent professor. This is what also made him a well-respected officer. As Shaara describes Col. Chamberlain to the reader on page 19, he consistently utilizes words such as “boyish” and “naïve.” Typically these words are not used to describe a person whom has graduated college and is currently a college professor. Col. Chamberlain’s background as a college professor made him one of the leaders whom every other leader overlooked or didn’t expect great things to come from. This was because he was a civilian-soldier. He was not a man that was produced for the military, however, he brought assets to the table that no other officer could. Col. Chamberlain’s analytical nature and problem solving ability was the most effective tool that the Union army had during the Civil War. Col. Chamberlain had a gift to be able to break apart the Confederate strategy and repel each attack that was thrown his way. For example, at the Battle of Little Round Top Col. Chamberlain out strategized the Confederate Army by creating a four man front of a regiment to provide reinforcements for the soldiers already battling. Col. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Regiment was used to fulfill the necessary left flank for the Union Army. From the illustration on page 211 of The Killer Angels, the reader can see the heavy resistance that the Union Army is facing in the depths of the Devil’s Den and Little Round Top. The men of the 20th Maine started piling rocks to create a stone barrier to protect a flank that was over one hundred (100) yards long. As the battle raged on, Col. Chamberlain saw his men falling left and right and knew that changes had to be made as he

Throughout the novel, Killer Angels, Michael Shaara does a terrific job presenting Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine Regiment as a person of mighty innovative leadership. On day one of the battle, Joshua Chamberlain is told by his good friend Buster Kilrain that their regiment will be receiving one hundred and twenty mutineers from the old Second Maine Regiment. Joshua is also authorized the right to shoot any man who refuses to fight. At first Chamberlain was a bit skeptical of what he was going to say to the men, but being a professor rhetoric at Bowdoin College, a prestigious school, he knew what had to be done.

The Killer Angels Novel written by Michael Shaara describes the Gettysburg battle from the perspective of Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, various soldiers from both sides, and other men who fought in the battle. This author makes the reader go back in time and actually makes the reader depict the circumstances, and situations that soldiers and generals faced. This Novel makes the reader know that both sides were eager to win, and bring this bloodshed to an end. This amazing Novel shows how neighbor turned against neighbor, how friends were fighting each other, and brother against brother. This Novel, according Michael Shaara, has been told from the historical opinions and have gone primarily to the words of the men themselves, their letters and other documents.

Anthony Tirone Mr. Campbell AP U.S. History 20 October 2014 Book Review: Killer Angels The novel Killer Angels by Michael Shaara portrays the battle of Gettysburg in all of its glory from the perspective of both the Union and the Confederate soldiers.

The last thing is the tone of his voice an example is his voice drops a view octaves because he is getting nervous and trying to think of something to say. It is better in the movie because you can hear how he actually feels and in the book you are. Just listening to another person talk. Another way to say it is maybe it should be said in a man's voice to make it more

One of the main differences between these films is that they are not based on the same battles therefore there is obvious discrepancies. One of the other differences is that while Gods and Generals focus on several battles over a two year span Gettysburg focuses on one battles over the course of a few days- a month. This allows for another main difference to rear its head, the difference of how in-depth each movie is about the battle(s). This becomes an issue in the films because although Gettysburg is only about the battle at Gettysburg and the preceding few days it is quite a bit longer. This combined with the multitude of battles shown in each film allows Gettysburg to go more in-depth with conversation and character development.