Although it is a long, long book, it has attracted me deeply from the beginning! The two families in the south and the north, the ancestors struggled to start a business and reproduced their children. What impressed me the most was the Maine family in the south. Because the wife could not bear children, the male owner deceived an Indian woman to give birth to a boy for him, and then abandoned the woman and took the child home to raise. Then the plot changed, and it was the plot of the two male protagonists going to West Point Military Academy. In fact, there were differences between the North and the South at the beginning of the school, but there was not much conflict. They got to know each other, loved each other, studied with their classmates, fought wits and bravery with the abominable and perverted seniors, and participated in the Mexican war... At first, there were only these two roles. Later, with the in-depth exchanges between the two families, the two People with different personalities also joined in. We can gradually see that the differences between the South and the North have become larger and larger, and the smell of gunpowder between the two parties has become stronger and stronger. In the fanatical speeches of southern politicians and the northern Instigated by the radical abolitionists, the contradiction between the two sides deepened. The Hazards, the representatives of the northern industry, and the Maines, of the southern slave plantations, although there were radical North-South separatists on both sides, eventually became in-laws. They are in different camps in the big political background, but they have not wiped out the loyal friendship between the two.
The author selects the most representative two families and asks them to participate in the war actively or passively, and even participate in historical events and influence the historical process in the historical torrent of great social changes at the same time. Its cause, process, end and impact are displayed in front of us, with laughter, sadness, joy, and tears.
Because the author wrote a trilogy, but this book is the only one in the library, I have always regretted it. Every time I go to the library, I always search for it unconsciously, and it has been fruitless. Later, in my graduate school library, I actually saw the remaining two volumes of this book. I really want to thank God!
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