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Comparing Crane's Fiction to the Historical Record — Homework
Review what a historical record typically documents compared to Crane's novel before answering.
- 1.Name two things a real historical record of a Civil War battle would typically include that Crane's novel leaves out.
- 2.Why might real veterans have felt the novel was psychologically "true" despite Crane never having served?
- 3.Name one kind of truth fiction can capture that a factual report generally cannot.
- 4.In four or more sentences, defend whether it is a weakness that Crane wrote this novel without ever experiencing combat himself.
- 5.If you wanted to know exactly what happened at a specific battle, which kind of text would you trust more: this novel or an official report? Why?
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