Gates Of Fire Book Report
Brandon MacPherson
9/7/08
Gates of Fire
The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire, written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially, this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book, one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought in the times of the Battle of Thermopylae. Specifically, the book highlights the gore and death that occurs in the battles. The Battle of Thermopylae took place at the pass of Thermopylae in northern Greece, in 480 B.C. Xeones is the teller of the
9/7/08
Gates of Fire
The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire, written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially, this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book, one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought in the times of the Battle of Thermopylae. Specifically, the book highlights the gore and death that occurs in the battles. The Battle of Thermopylae took place at the pass of Thermopylae in northern Greece, in 480 B.C. Xeones is the teller of the