The Slave To His Star Analysis

The Civil War was a big victory and along the way some people celebrated some mourned. Civil War wasn’t just about fighting and winning it was also about what it is to be an American and what it takes to be one. A lot of people thought about it some say sacrifice, respect, or pride. Seeing this a lot of authors decided to write about the Civil War and what they though it meant. During the Civil War, Bravery was the defining trait of being American. This is seen in “The Veteran” by Stephen Crane and “The Slave to His Star” by William Slade.
“The Salve to his star” teaches the reader that freedom comes with great bravery. The author’s tone towards bravery is pride and respect. “Their evening star of trust and love, thou pilot of the pathless …show more content…
“Some one had even gone to the church, and now, from distance, rang the tocsin note of the bell” on page four. The phrase “rang the tocsin note of the bell” is alarming the people that there is a fire and many people ran to the farm including Old Fleming. They all were thinking what they should do to save the animals and not let the fire spread. Also when someone ran to the church to ring the bell showed that the author was providing details to show how the people were aware of the fire and what they should do to calm down the fire and take control of the situation. “It contained a wild little conflagration of its own, and even in their excitement some of those who ran felt a gentle secondary vibration of the thrifty part of their minds at sight of this overturned lantern” on page three. This quote tells how furious the fire was even when they weren’t all the way there yet. The word “vibration” in the quote makes the fire sound very powerful and out of control. Made the people running their worried and scared. The words that are used in these two quotes show how serious and furious of a situation was and how important is to be calm and brave in order to take control of the