Death Of A Confederate Colonel Character Analysis

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The Death of a Confederate Colonel

In the book The Death of a Confederate colonel by Pat Carr shows us that love is complicated.The love triangle of Haze Culves, Geneva Birdsong and Ian Birdsong took center stage in this nonella.Geneva is in love with two people. She ends up getting hurt in the end.

The love triangle of Haze Culves, Geneva Birdsong and, Ian Birdsong took center stage in this novella.When Geneva Birdsong was little her and Haze Culves had a connection, but the only problem was that Ian Birdsong asked her to marry her and she said yes.She was loved by him and and he gets her whatever she need or wants. That is just not enough for her because she doesn't love him the way he loves her. She knows that Haze would be better

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