Similarities Between A Horseman In The Sky And Reflection On The Civil War
In the passages titled A Horseman in the Sky, and Reflection on the Civil War, there are many similarities between them that go much deeper than the fact that they are both about the Civil War. One of those similarities is that both passages tell about what it was like when you joined the army. Another similarity is that in both, they explain what it was like in the civil war, both hard times and good times. You can see this by what it said in Reflection on the Civil War, “When the boy joined the army, he would, of course, be issued clothing. He would get his uniform-pants, coat, shoes, and underwear.” From this, you can learn about what happened when you joined the army. You also see details about the Civil War from this piece of text in A
Horseman in the Sky, “Carter Druse grew pale; he shook in every limb, turned faint, and saw the statuesque group before him as black figures, rising, falling, moving unsteadily in arcs of circles in a fiery sky. His hand fell away from his weapon, his head slowly dropped until his face rested on the leaves in which he lay. This courageous gentleman and hardy soldier was near swooning from intensity of emotion.” This shows that at times soldiers had to do things that were really hard for them.
Horseman in the Sky, “Carter Druse grew pale; he shook in every limb, turned faint, and saw the statuesque group before him as black figures, rising, falling, moving unsteadily in arcs of circles in a fiery sky. His hand fell away from his weapon, his head slowly dropped until his face rested on the leaves in which he lay. This courageous gentleman and hardy soldier was near swooning from intensity of emotion.” This shows that at times soldiers had to do things that were really hard for them.