>:::The following added 1994/05/16 20:54 by S1DU
>:: Crow T. Robot                      Satellite of Love

as far as you guys searching desperately for an american epic,
why don't you check this out: The Civil War (sorry, my book for
class just happens called An American Illiad, with some comparisons
between the war and the Greek epics). This actually happened. There
were people in it that were real. I'll try to compare them to Star
Wars as well as I can so that some of you will understand.

North and South: The two sides (Empire/Alliance). Each had a little
bit of both the Empire and the Alliance in them.

General Robert E. Lee (South): Obi-Wan Kinobi (ie, seasoned veteran
who knows everything)

Lincoln (North): Yoda (real wise dude with a big nose.

McClellen (North): Luke Skywalker (Yoda, give me some more troops)
     or StormTrooper (well drilled but useless in battle)

Grant (North): Chebacca (unconditional surrender)

Sherman (North): Darth Vader (one mean somebitch)

Nathan Bedford Forrest (South): Han Solo (Wreckless as hell,
occasionally got trapped in carbon-ice shit)

George Pickett (South): Princess Lea (foppish type)

(?) Freemantle (England): C3PO (talked too damn much)

Stonewall Jackson (South): R2D2 (If it was broke, he fixed it)

J.E.B. Stuart (South): Bobba Fett (Just Disappeared during a
couple of the movies)


Please write a short essay comparing the Civil War with Star
Wars. This is an experiment in learning for the possible use
in schools of the new GEEK (Gooffy Egghead Eccentric Krap)
standard for Academics. Next week: Star Trek and it's impact
on the French Revolution.


Seriously, though, if you'd like to read a REAL American Epic,
try John Brown's Body by Steven Vincent Benet sometimes.


DM