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Upon beginning the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara I was skeptical as to how much I would really enjoy it. However, upon finishing the story I was pleasantly surprised by just how enticing it was! I think it was extremely unique to base the story off of the journal entries, letters, and memories of the men who were present during that time. It is like author connected the puzzle pieces for us although a fictionalization. Shaara completed an interesting task by writing a fictional novel about real events with the real people involved in those events but dramatizing the dialogues between the characters. Switching the Confederate point of view between two main characters, Lee and Longstreet, adds a tantalizing situation for the reader in the first few chapters. It also becomes clear in the first few chapters that the Confederate points of view will dominate over the Union’s. In addition, the changing of the points of view of the characters allows the reader to see how each individual perceived war differently. Introducing the idea of high ground in the beginning of the nove...

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