He wrote the excellent “Varina” which I liked even better than Cold Mountain. You should continue your “read everything by a good author” journey by reading yet another Civil War book by the author of “Cold Mountain” – Charles Frazier.

The war raged on for several years after March's return home.Martha – I agree about both of those books and loved both of them. Do her words have resonance in today's world? How are the people who fight our wars today perceived? Do you think we pay enough attention to the families of those in the military? Have our opinions been influenced at all by the inclusion of women in the military?Ĩ. But the world will not help me put back together what war has broken apart' (p. When Marmee is speaking of her husband's enlisting in the army, she makes a very eloquent statement: 'A sacrifice such as his is called noble by the world. What is your opinion of March's enlisting? Should he have stayed home with his family? How do we decide when to put our principles ahead of our personal obligations?ħ. Do you think that March still believes the war is just by the end of the novel? Why or why not?Ħ. And yet everywhere I turn, I see injustice done in the waging of it,' says March (p. 'If war can ever be said to be just, then this war is so it is action for a moral cause, with the most rigorous of intellectual underpinnings. Do you think it was the right decision for March to have supported, financially or morally, the northern abolitionist John Brown? Brown's tactics were controversial, but did the ends justify the means?ĥ. What other people and events were pivotal in shaping March's beliefs?Ĥ. Discuss the differences between these two relationships and how they help to shape March, his worldview, and his future.

March's relationships with both Marmee and Grace are pivotal in his life. What was your opinion of the war when you first came to the novel, and has it changed at all since reading March?ģ. The causes of the American Civil War were multiple and overlapping. Are there times when it is best not to tell our loved ones the truth?Ģ. Discuss examples of where this happens and how things may have turned out differently, for better or worse, had they been completely honest. Throughout the novel, March and Marmee, although devoted to one another, seem to misunderstand each other quite a bit and often do not tell each other the complete truth.

March by geraldine