[Surname] 1 [Your Name] [Instructor Name] [Course Number] [Date] The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara The Gettysburg Battle is a vital reference point for key moments that shapedrp American history. This paper focuses on theThe Killer Angelsby Michael Shaara, which depicts the Gettysburg Battle, discussing recurring themes in this text as well as how these themes apply to the Marine Corps. This paper lays specific focus on why a marine commandant would require marines to study this book, by discussing important lessons that a soldier stands to reap from the various accounts given by Shaara. Shaara narrates the story of the Gettysburg Battle providing both a factual reconstruction of events and the emotional journeys therein. Shaara describes the opposing camps and individuals, the circumstances that precipitated the battle, and the combat, on a day by day, moment by moment account. The text switches between the perspectives of different Confederate and Union participants. Shaara chooses four key individuals (Confederates Lee and Longstreet, and Unionists Buford and Chamberlain) as the perspective characters, and switches back and forth among them to advance the plot (Shaara 1). With
