tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post5881153425303668280..comments2024-03-09T00:19:36.011-08:00Comments on Reading the Short Story: Independence Day 2015 and Hale's "The Man Without a Country"Charles E. Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-54773869144958998692015-07-04T04:15:46.038-07:002015-07-04T04:15:46.038-07:00Reading short story is more interesting to read. I...Reading short story is more interesting to read. I am very lucky to read this postexcellent scholarship essayshttp://www.clazwork.com/scholarship-canada-essay-writing-expert-wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-20688712353942537212015-07-04T03:29:49.395-07:002015-07-04T03:29:49.395-07:00I was made to read this story in 1969 in my junior...I was made to read this story in 1969 in my junior year of high school, in a midwestern university town, and never ever was it made clear the context of this story, it's timing and intention as a political comment on the Civil War. I never knew this until I read your post just now. This clarifies a great deal. Obviously, without context it appeared to me as a simple, didactic, nationalistic story. It does seem to me now that all the required books for high school then seemed to have been chosen for their lack of any political or sexual content. Of course, that sort of theme is often found in great literature. agavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-30978579237766953882015-07-03T17:57:51.744-07:002015-07-03T17:57:51.744-07:00In terms of technique, the story tries to create a...<b>In terms of technique, the story tries to create a sense of reality so strong that it makes readers ask, "Did that really happen?"</b><br /><br />I was one of those readers, that is until I read your post today, who thought it was based on a true story! I remember thinking as a child how could a judge get away with giving such a cruel sentence. I suspect I read the story in the classroom as a tie-in with the Cliff Robertson television movie (although I'm getting at that age where my childhood recollection has officially entered <i>the fuzzy zone.</i><br /><br />Thru the years I've occasionally thought of "The Man Without a Country" so after reading your wonderful post, I'm now wondering if certain historical moments have triggered the memory. It's a tribute to Hale that for those of us who either read, listened or watched it, his story holds a special power.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182411656616293350noreply@blogger.com