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J. Moore
- Reading
- As you read, pause at the shifts from army life towards home. You could also check in together after battle scenes, whose intensity is not specified.
- Themes
- War and military service: Duane serves with the Army of the Potomac and experiences several campaigns, including the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor. The outline foregrounds the human experience of campaigning and describes the slaughter as horrible, but does not establish a broader judgement about war.
- Blindness and military service: As the spring campaign approaches, Duane is told he must leave the army because he is blind. Blindness affects Duane’s circumstances in the army, but the outline does not show how the story portrays his experience or agency.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes battle and what is described as horrible slaughter across several campaigns. The detail and intensity of these scenes are not clear.