There’s nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield.
About Michael Shaara
Michael Shaara is a renowned American writer who specializes in Science fiction, sports fiction, etc. His birth took place in Jersey City, New Jersey, The United States. His parents are Italian immigrants. Michael also worked as a lecturer at Florida State University. His book, the killer angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in the year 1975. His famous works include Gods and Generals, For Love of the game, etc.
About The Killer Angels
The book entails the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. The author presented both factual and emotional experience of living it. It includes the introduction of army individuals and the moments of the battle. Apart from this, the story conveys the reality of war and the consequences of war. War story arose from different emotions in the men.
Each chapter contains the point of view of different individuals in war. Overall the point of view of the book is omniscient. Due to this, it allows a broader perspective to the whole story. The story intensifies the readers’ emotions. The author let you see the battle from different locations.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Tone: Sympathetic
Type: Novel
Year of publication: 1974
The Killer Angels Famous Quotes
- Why do there have to be men like that, men who enjoy another man’s dying
- When you try to put it into words you cannot express it truly
- The thing about the heart was that you could not coax it or force it
- There was no such thing as a foreigner; there were only free men and slaves
- A man who has been shot at is a new realist
Main themes
- Mortality
- Slavery
- Patriotism
- Fate and free-will
Main characters
Joshua Chamberlain
Joshua is the professor of War ladies and gentlemen
His courage is determined in the Little Round Top war
James Longstreet
James is known as the man of misery
His views towards life and things happening around him are dicey
Robert E. Lee
Robert is a mythical character of Southern-style
He’s the evidence of the traditions of South overlapped by the Civil war
Other characters:
John Buford, Lewis Armistead, Arthur Fremantle, Buster Kilrain, etc.
