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Duty and Family in "A Horseman"

Carter Druse is a Union soldier who falls asleep on duty and sees his father, a Confederate soldier, on a ledge above. He contemplates shooting his father but instead shoots the horse, causing both his father and the horse to fall. Another officer sees a man on a horse seemingly running through the sky, which shocks him. When asked later what he saw, Carter admits to shooting at his father, the Confederate soldier. The story explores the conflict Carter faces between his duty as a soldier and his familial loyalty.

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Duty and Family in "A Horseman"

Carter Druse is a Union soldier who falls asleep on duty and sees his father, a Confederate soldier, on a ledge above. He contemplates shooting his father but instead shoots the horse, causing both his father and the horse to fall. Another officer sees a man on a horse seemingly running through the sky, which shocks him. When asked later what he saw, Carter admits to shooting at his father, the Confederate soldier. The story explores the conflict Carter faces between his duty as a soldier and his familial loyalty.

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A Horseman In The Sky

Setting
 Western Virginia
 Year 1861
 Summer afternoon and Autumn
 Civil War
 The character was rest

Plot
 A soldier lies on the ground on the lookout for the terrain and any potential enemy
soldiers that might arrive. He falls asleep but luckily is not discovered by his
sergeant as it would mean his death. When he awakes, he sees a man standing on a
ledge on a horse who is of the Confederacy. He contemplates to shoot the man but
finds himself morally challenged. In the end, he shoots the horse. Both the man and
his horse leap off the ledge.
 An officer who happens to be in the forest under the ledge looks up and sees a man
on a horse, seemingly running through the sky. It shocks him and he all but passes
out. When he recovers he goes searching for the man but does not find man or
horse. When he returns to camp, he says nothing. Meanwhile, a superior comes up
to the soldier to ask what he's seen and the soldier tells him that he shot at a horse
in order to kill the man. When asked to identify the man, he explains the man was
his father and a Confederate soldier.

Conflict
 Man Vs. Man

Character
 Carter Druse, a young soldier from a wealthy Virginia family elects to fight for the
Union.
 Carter Druse father

Point of View
 Third Person Point-Of-View: The author tells the story
 First Person Point-Of-View: One of the characters narrate the story

Theme
 The theme of a story is the author’s main point. The Duty and the Family. The real
message is about the relationship between a father and a son.

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