Preview

The Odd Couple: Article Analysis

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
305 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
The Odd Couple: Article Analysis
Melinda Williams
S. Hinton
English Comp 1
03/09/2015
The Odd Couple

In his article, the author seeks to contrast the characteristics of two leaders and generals of the Civil War, Robert Lee and Ulysses Grant. The two generals were significantly strong yet
Different in character and style. The article by Bruce Catton indicates that the two generals met on the April 9, 1985 with the aim of essentially negotiating on the end of the Civil War. By principle, the Americans believed in equal rights for all. Lee, Virginia held some traditional beliefs characteristic of his upbringing. The general had his belief rooted in the notion and belief that having inequality in the society’s set of social categories could be of great significance and advantageous
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Civil War Dbq
    • 631 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Civil War Dbq

    In Document 3 the rebels of the south were at least trying to fight back but Lee is just giving up and resigning while the confederates need him it is a rather selfish act..…

    • 631 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Influence Of General Winfield Scott Hancock During The Civil War
    • 914 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Influence Of General Winfield Scott Hancock During The Civil War

    writings about the Civil War, General Winfield Scott Hancock. Hancock was one of the bravest,…

    • 914 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Comparison Of Chief Logan And Chief Red Jacket
    • 205 Words
    • 1 Page

    Comparison Of Chief Logan And Chief Red Jacket

    Many leaders can come in different forms and perspective when aiming for superior positions. In the passage “Famous American Speeches” it states speeches from native american leaders that show how strong, courageous, and how brave they were. All four speeches from the chief’s showing a similarities in their civilization , but a difference with their perspective with the outside forces. The main two protagonist who stood out the most was Chief Logan and Chief Red Jacket. On the other hand,both Chief Logan and Red Jacket are brave and fearless people, and they would fight for something they really idolize.…

    • 205 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Why the North Won the Civil War by David Donald: Reflection on the economic, military, diplomatic, political, and social reasons the South lost.
    • 1300 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Why the North Won the Civil War by David Donald: Reflection on the economic, military, diplomatic, political, and social reasons the South lost.

    The essay entitled "The Military Leadership of the North and South" by Harry Willams points out the military leadership weaknesses displayed by Union and Confederate forces. Williams opens his essay by stressing and explaining the importance of leaders during a time of war. He states that "...it is the general who is the decisive factor in battle." (p.39). This is an accepted belief among many great leaders of the past. A successful leader must be able to demonstrate confidence and morale even in times of weakness, as well as capable of being wary and level-headed in times of strength. Marshal Saxe entertains the interesting fact that the North 's commanders were considerably younger than those of the South. However, age cannot be unquestionably attributed to Union victory. Generals of both sides, despite age or experience, displayed similar faults. The Confederate leaders were unexperienced in commanding and administering large armies. Nevertheless, the West Pointers had received military education that had emphasized administration and technique. As for strategy, many adopted the beliefs of Antoine Henri Jomini. His theories and beliefs formed a basis for military…

    • 1300 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Comparing Davis and Lincoln's Innagural Address
    • 1438 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Comparing Davis and Lincoln's Innagural Address

    The bloodiest war in American history, led by Abraham Lincoln for the north, and Jefferson Davis for the south, both presidents, but two different sides. Both garner for peace, yet one is willing to start a war, while the other is willing to accept it. This essay will compare and contrast the political, economical, and social outlooks on Lincoln’s and Davis’ Inaugural addresses throughout the civil war between the North and South. Slavery, laws, and state rights drove the South to start a war, and Lincoln received the war with open arms. Both sides wanted peace, but their means of achieving it and their leaders’ choices and beliefs differed greatly while still holding similarities.…

    • 1438 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Ulysses S. Grant Thesis
    • 1917 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Ulysses S. Grant Thesis

    The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant is one of the two books that I selected off of the United States Army Chief of Staff Reading List to read. This book covers one of the most upended and delicate times in our countries long and eventful history. This book was written by former United States’ President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant and it covers the majority of his United States Army Career and military combat action in two major wars including the Mexican War and the United States Civil War.…

    • 1917 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    James Longstreet's Military Career
    • 1332 Words
    • 6 Pages

    James Longstreet's Military Career

    James Longstreet was raised to be in the military. After attending the U.S. Military Academy, he started his long career in the army where his rank was frequently promoted. He fought with the confederates during the Civil War and served as General Lee’s right hand man. During the Civil War Longstreet became well known for his often successful defensive strategies. Throughout his life he experienced both success and defeat, but whenever he was given an obstacle he always had a strategy to get around it.…

    • 1332 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Rhetorical Strategies In Ulysses's Inaugural Speech
    • 879 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Rhetorical Strategies In Ulysses's Inaugural Speech

    Ulysses S. Grant delivers his inaugural speech while America still battles with the issues brought on by the Civil War. The American Civil War tore the nation in two, leaving behind a detached set of people who needed a leader in order to regain their nation’s unified greatness. In this speech, he uses rhetorical strategies to reassure the audience, the entirety of the United States of America, that he is that great leader who will work to the best of his ability to unite the North and South once again. He does this by trying to establish credibility with the audience, alluding to the Civil War, and using a determined tone.…

    • 879 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Why Did The South Lose The Civil War Analysis
    • 1205 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Why Did The South Lose The Civil War Analysis

    Gary Gallagher first examines the drive that the Confederates had to fight. Gary Gallagher expresses that it was not just the soldiers on the battlefields that wanted the war it was almost every citizen in the Confederacy. It included women, teenagers, planters, yeoman…

    • 1205 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Themes In The Killer Angels
    • 554 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Themes In The Killer Angels

    Shaara asserts that the war would not have ended in defeat for the Confederacy if Robert E. Lee had listened to James Longstreet. Longstreet repeatedly suggests to Lee to move the troops around to the right and loop back behind the Union army to cut them off from Washington and attack from there. Lee refuses, turning down Longstreet each time. He will not listen to reason. Thinking that his way is the only way and no one knows better than him, Lee decides to make a full-frontal attack on the Union forces. Lee thinks that marching forward out in the open across a vast field heading straight into the frontward direction of the Union army will work. Longstreet points out that Union artillery will surely destroy most of the rebel troops before they even make it to where the Union lines are, and that when they do get there, there won’t be enough men left to put up a hardy enough fight to possibly win. He strongly feels that the Confederacy should move to the right since there was room in the west to get around them and attack them from behind. Apparently, Lee denies his theory. As I was reading, I was very satisfied with Shaara’s portrayal of the Union views of slavery: Chamberlain’s encounter with the black man. When Chamberlain’s soldiers discovered a sleeping black man and Chamberlain went to see him, he treated the man with the same respect as he gave his own men. Here you can…

    • 554 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    What Is Sherman's Letter To Atlanta
    • 955 Words
    • 4 Pages

    What Is Sherman's Letter To Atlanta

    William Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. Sherman served as a General in the Union during the civil war. In 1864, General Sherman went ahead to lead his troops to the city of Atlanta. In all he received recognition for his military. Mrs. Thomas Burge wrote a journal called “A Women’s Wartime Journal.” In her recording you see that the Yankees constantly came to their town taking what was not their own such as food and money. In Georgia’s springtime, she described the air as a “tonic vapor,” which was taken from the earth from pine trees, tulip trees, and more.…

    • 955 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    For Cause and Comrades: an Analysis
    • 1551 Words
    • 7 Pages

    For Cause and Comrades: an Analysis

    The ideologies that drove citizens to combat in the Civil War varied dramatically between Northern and Southern soldiers. Many soldiers who enlisted in the Federal Army of the North did so as to preserve the young nation, which had less than a century ago, gained its independence from England. The idea of “freeing the slaves” was a very small concern in the minds…

    • 1551 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Waiting for the Morning Train
    • 734 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Waiting for the Morning Train

    This is in fact an interesting piece of literature that was produced by the Bruce Catton, unlike his usual commentary on the American Civil War; his novel captures the sentiments of a young man coming of age and incorporates a strong nostalgic component that has become a major part of the American life (Ch. 11, p. 246). Having been a part of an era, where the aftermath of the war still reverberated throughout the nation and for the author, Catton, those were the stories that he had grown up listening to in rural Michigan.…

    • 734 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Wendell Phillips
    • 438 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Wendell Phillips

    Wendell Phillips’s speech delivered in 1861 near the beginning of the Civil War claims that African Americans should be given the right to serve in the military, for various contemporary generals were not of a European background yet brought America prominent victories that drastically influenced the course of American history. Although African Americans in the past were subjugated by the Americans on a regular basis, a few exemplary victories by African descendant generals clearly proved that African Americans should be, in fact, allowed to serve in the military as the rightful soldiers of America. Phillips uses hyperbole, understatement and metaphor to persuade the audience that the support of African American soldiers will be a contributing factor in imminent American victory.…

    • 438 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Courage and Cowardice in To Kill a Mockingbird
    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Courage and Cowardice in To Kill a Mockingbird

    In Harper Lee’s autobiographical narrative, To Kill a Mockingbird, characters like Atticus, Dolphus Raymond, and Tom Robinson demonstrate many forms of courageous behavior; in contrast, characters like Bob Ewell demonstrate cowardice. From these characters, Harper Lee’s audience learns that there are many characters in this book that are brave.…

    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More

Related Topics