Joshua Chamberlain In Killer Angels

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Joshua Chamberlain had 120 mutineers(men who had attempted to leave the army before their contract ended) being sent to his camp. These men had lost all faith in themselves and in the army. Joshua Chamberlain, the that was given the job to convince these men to come back to the army, had to give a speech to convince these men to come back. During his speech, by the way he delivered his words the reader realizes what type of character Joshua Chamberlain has. Throughout Chamberlain's speech many character trait were revealed. One of these character traits was that he was generous. This is seen in the book “KIller Angels” on page 8 when it says, “ You go ahead and talk for a while.(Shaara)” Another character trait that Chamberlain shows is that …show more content…

The movie enhances emotions, facial expressions and the tone of the mutineers and Joshua in which we couldn’t see in the book. One example of the movie enhancing the tone of Joshua Chamberlain is when Joshua is delivering the speech. This is seen in the movie “Gettysburg” when Joshua says, “Sorry I…. uhhh….. Didn’t mean to preach….you uhhhh...you go ahead and….talk for a while.” Otherwise, in the book you don’t know how Joshua says his words, you can only guess how he is says the words. Another example of the movie enhancing the facial expressions of the mutineers is when Joshua calls the men in to talk, all of the mutineers look angry and tired. This is shown when Joshua brings the men in to talk to them the men look tired, angry and worn out. In the book you don’t get to see the facial expressions that the mutineers had on their faces. A final example of the movie enhancing the emotions is when Joshua is giving the speech to the men. At the end of his speech, Joshua starts crying after he says the words, “What we’re fighting for, in the end, we’re fighting for each other.(Gettysburg)” In the book after Joshua finishes his speech, there is nothing hinting the reader that Joshua is crying. All of these examples explains why the movie enhances the speech because the book just does give enough information to hint the reader of that emotion, facial expression or

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