Civil War In Mackinlay Kantor's Andersonville

Diversity is a grandiose characteristic with which this world can be identified with, whether it is on a macro level that varies from country to country or more intimately, from person to person. Those with the same interests and beliefs tend to drift and congregate with each other. Name the topic of controversy and both sides will have supporting members. Numerous groups in history that sprouted from controversial topics can be used to portray this idea, there is one closer to home that is still of large importance today: slavery. The land that was settled had been divided up into the North and the South where slave owners and those against slavery bickered, until it escalated into a Civil War. Some would say slavery was relatively humane and reasonable, while others think more along the lines of harsh and cruel exploitation.
Although there was a division between the North and South, not all of those within the borders agreed with its side’s views. One thing is for sure though; both sides experienced the harsh realities of war and took heavy losses. MacKinlay Kantor the author of a fictional Civil War novel Andersonville gives us a closer look on the South side when it came to the impact of the war. He depicts the Georgia prison for Northern soldiers in Andersonville, in order to bring forth themes that foreshadow after war effects, as well as give the audience a better understanding of the War Between the States. Kantor was able to expose the universal struggle of both conflicting sides by representing the point of view of many individuals from different fronts of the war: the families at home, slaves, and