... are no main characters; in this epic of what could be called good versus evil, there are many key players who enhance the topic of the story. These characters would be some of the Indian Chiefs, such as Geronimo, Victorio, Cochise, Roman Nose, Wolf Chief, Standing Bear, and Two Moon, ... or some of the opposing soldier commanders, such as General Carleton, General Miles, James Steele, all of which played a large part in this story of an ongoing battle between the Native Americans and the White Soldiers. There are no real set supporting characters to this novel either. The theme is set .....

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... I found a lot of gory portrayals of war in it. The story goes through every war that the United States participated in starting at World War 1 and ends with the US intervention of Central America. In each of these sections the author places quotes and letters of veterans who had fought in the wars. In the ... World War 1 section it explains the real causes of the war opposing the noted causes students had learned in their high school history classes. It then goes into letters sent home by a soldier who ends up dieing while in war. Then the story ... very shocking for me and I had a mome...

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• Grade Level: High School

Mr. Montag Usually, the best authors have the ability to make their characters in the story "come alive." Ray Bradbury seems to have this special talent. In one of his novels Fahrenheit 451, he describes a fireman that lives in a fictional so thoroughly people ... it very entertaining. Beatty tries to stop Montag from changing society by making Montag very confused at times. A specific time when he does this is when he mentions direct quotes from various books, in an argument with Montag. Montag becomes puzzled whether he loves or hates books. Montag ends up getting so frustrated with Beatty ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . Washington Irving was one of these writers, along with St. John de Crevecoeur. Washington wrote many pieces that include Sleepy Hollow, a tale of romance and horror, and Rip Van Winkle, a story about a man and how he changes over time. While Crevecoeur wrote Letters from an American farmer, a collection of letters describing the attributes of America. Both of these writes write for ... Van Winkle. Rip wasn't what anyone would call a poster man for the American Dream as he lazed about and played with kids all the time as evident in a few quotes from this story; "He inherited, however, b...

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• Grade Level: High School

... possible to create a history when really there is nothing to base it off of? Well, Americans jumped on this task and created a very impressive record of events that can tell a story of what America is. They created a "yesterday" through paintings, literature, monuments, and songs to name a few. The bald eagle, Uncle Sam, and The Stars and Stripes became symbols of America ... that begged to have a sense of American nationalism to support them. The Revolution and the Civil War provided America with the most famous of heroes and war quotes. The land brought about a sense of unity because ...

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• Grade Level: High School