April Morning Howard Fast Quotes

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April Morning by Howard Fast is a novel about the Revolutionary War, which mainly focuses on the Battle of Lexington. The Reverend is all throughout the novel and is distinguished by three common traits: spiritual, influential and compassionate. One of the first major traits the Reverend shows in the novel is a stereotypical spiritual trait. This trait is the most major and static trait we see within the Reverend for he references in God in nearly everything he says. As in this quote “…privileges that are granted to us by the Almighty God…” (Fast 87) This being said we clearly see that the Reverend is a godly man and he even brings up the High Church during Committee Meetings. To further instill his spirituality the Reverend has strong …show more content…

This trait gives the Reverend a more round character type. He is able to effect and influence the people around him just by his way of eloquently speaking. During battle he states “Isn’t it enough to in freedom’s name? No one kills in God’s cause…” (Fast 139) This passionate quote effects the views of the men in battle and they understand what they are really fighting for. His way of speaking can even have men like Moses Cooper, a strong willed man who is influential on his own, looking to him for guidance to calm the men before battle. Not only do we see the Reverend as an influential man in his way of eloquently speaking but also in the way that he is admired by all the colonists. Before the battle, this admiration really shows when they look to him for guidance throughout it all. Adam even states after the Reverend consoles the group of men that “still I admired that Reverend” (Fast 92) The Revered is looked up to and admired for he knows how to make people strong with what he is saying and instill confidence in them. Influential truly embodies the Reverend for the people of Lexington look to him to for guidance in his eloquent manner and admire him for the way he is able carry

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