Glory Movie Sparknotes

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The characters in the movie “Glory” are Robert, Forbes, Thomas, Trip, Rawlings, and Jupiter. Robert was the main character in the movie Glory. Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston, Massachusetts, growing up with wealthy parents, he was 23 years old when he decided to enlist. He had fought alongside with regiments which had included the Battle of Antietam, this is where he had been injured at the neck and was given the role as captain. When he had returned home from the battle Robert had PTSD making him scared of any loud sounds, he was later introduced to Governor Andrew by his father. Robert ends up discovering that Governor Andrew had appointed him as colonel of the 54th Massachusetts which consisted of slaves. Robert was hesitant about taking charge of the regiment since they were slaves but he had decided to take over, bringing along his friend Forbes to …show more content…

Robert sees the immatureness that the slaves have when given rifles. After a while of training, Robert discovered a slave who was being punished for trying to get shoes. Robert had confronted Kendrick, a division quartermaster, because he didn’t want to give slaves shoes, even though Robert had made a request for shoes two weeks prior and he ended up getting them. Here Robert is starting to understand the way the slaves are treated and the reason behind their will to fight You start seeing Robert’s development more when Robert had refused his pay when the colored regiment had protested about their wage being $10/month instead of $13/month, doing this you can see Robert gaining the troops respect. Robert meets Colonel Montgomery, who was also in charge of a colored regiment, Robert sees how Montgomery treats his slaves. Robert is given orders by a higher rank to set fire on buildings, but had refused, he still had to accept the orders in order to save his regiment from going under someone else’s

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