I love how Shaara starts to show Lee as being stubborn, too fixed on his ideas, and ignoring alternatives from other generals when he says, “General, the enemy is there…and there’s where I’m going to strike him” (Shaara pg. 285). It then starts to lead the reader into Pickett’s Charge, the bloodiest loss of life during the battle. The section captures the horrifying disaster of the battle. Brigadier General Lewis Armistead himself comes across as a valiant warrior, with his hat on the tip of his raised sword heroically urging his men on. I loved how these men knew they were possibly going to die and continued anyways, for the glory and chivalry they’ve grown to know. These men who faced death head on showed bravery, even though the order was a foolish
I love how Shaara starts to show Lee as being stubborn, too fixed on his ideas, and ignoring alternatives from other generals when he says, “General, the enemy is there…and there’s where I’m going to strike him” (Shaara pg. 285). It then starts to lead the reader into Pickett’s Charge, the bloodiest loss of life during the battle. The section captures the horrifying disaster of the battle. Brigadier General Lewis Armistead himself comes across as a valiant warrior, with his hat on the tip of his raised sword heroically urging his men on. I loved how these men knew they were possibly going to die and continued anyways, for the glory and chivalry they’ve grown to know. These men who faced death head on showed bravery, even though the order was a foolish