The Intylistic Elements Of Michael Shaara's Style-Surrender?

Shaara’s Style- Surrender It was April, months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee made the request toward Union General Ulysses S. Grant, preparing an open discussion to restore peace, and the time had finally approached. Wishing they set up a sooner date, Lee was now extremely ready. After times of loss; loss of men; loss of supplies; Lee was dragged away from his original intentions. Death was now at their fingertips. Lee arrived to the McLean household around the middle of the day--1 o’clock pm. Arriving in a large beautiful horse that shinned through the whole town, Lee took a seat in the center in the room. He stood there with his fellow confederate soldiers. About thirty minutes had passed. Lee was curious where his opponent was. “Do we have an estimated arrival of General Grant?” A moment of

First, I used participles and infinitives. I did not include any gerunds because he does not commonly use them throughout the whole book. I also included lots of imagery because a majority of The Killer Angels is compacted with imagery and descriptive words. I decided to use similes and a couple metaphors. Shaara does not keep a consistent length for his sentences, so some of my sentences are short and simple while others are long and filled with imagery. I also used one ellipsis, one emdash in the dialogue, and lots of commas. I explained the thoughts of General Robert E. Lee in more depth than General Grant. My narrative was in chronological order as well, starting with a “flashback” about the letters previously exchanged between the two men before the surrender. Then, I continued with the surrender and the feelings and setting. Finally, some of the narrative, specifically in dialogue, was in fragments because some of Shaara’s writing was chopped up. Overall, I incorporated some of the stylistic elements from The Killer Angels into my narrative of the surrender of the