Revolutionary Comparisons

Authors Note: This piece is comparing the movie The Patriot and the book April Morning.

 How are the stories told in The Patriot and April Morning similar, and how are they different?  Both are fictional stories set during the same war yet have many differences.

One thing that these two stories have in common is that they are both historical fiction stories taking place during the revolutionary war.    April Morning is all about the battle of Lexington, which is one of the many battles that took place during the revolutionary war. The Patriot is about the whole revolutionary war.   Both stories related to the revolutionary war.

Another thing these two stories have in common is battle tactics.  In April Morning the local militia ambushed groups of the British while they were marching.  The militia used trees and ledges and rocks for cover while the redcoats left themselves out in the open.   In The Patriot one man and his two sons ambushed a group of British soldiers and used trees and rocks to for cover.   The same over all strategies were used in both books.

Both stories center on a conflict between father and son, and their roles in the war.  In The Patriot, the father was a war hero, but does not support this war, while the son believes in the cause.  In April Morning, the son wanted to be in the war to prove himself to his father.

The number of battles fought in each story varies.   April Morning was only about the battle of Lexington.    The Patriot was about the whole revolutionary war. These stories are about the same over all war but not the same battles.

These two stories have both many similarities and differences.  Both are fictional stories set during the same war yet they have several key differences that make them unique.