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Review Of The Book 'Slopes Of War' By Norah Perez

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The novel, Slopes of War, by Norah Perez is a historical fiction book based on the gruesome events that occurred during the Civil War. These events all had a significant theme within them. Throughout the novel the themes in which I think were significantly portrayed were love, the needing of another and the fear of failure.

The way in which it portrays the theme of love is when Mrs. Summerhill says “ She’s my own flesh and blood, and I’ll always love Mercy and your cousins no matter what side of the war they live one !”.(p18) This quote displays the theme of love because Mrs. Summerhill seems to be saying that regardless of what side her family members were on she would still love them unconditionally, family over anyone or anything.

Another theme that is carried on throughout the novel is the needing of another. This theme is showed with the fact that Tully and Buck needed each other throughout the whole book to over come the reality of what was happening. In the book, Buck tells Tully to hide before he gets shot. This showed that he cared for Tully and that he needed him alive for his own well being. Ironically, at the end of the book Tully ends up helping Buck get home. …show more content…

One character that demonstrated somewhat of this theme was John Hood. John Hood was hesitant with his actions which led me to think that he was fearful of the out comes. The quote "Reluctantly he gave the command…. twenty minutes later the general was carried from the field with a paralyzing arm wound, and bitter regrets that would last him a lifetime." (p101) makes me believe that because he doubted himself he couldn’t make decisions that would’ve had a positive outcome, his fear of

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