Have you ever felt like what it’s like being in a war? Or how it’s like being a part of the war? Or just experiencing it? These two phenomenal stories brilliantly describe what it was like experiencing an actual war. Nearly one hundred and thirty years apart these two stories were. One was about the Civil War called A Diary from Dixie, by Mary Chesnut, while the other is the Gulf War, called A Woman at War, by Molly More. While these two stories are alike by being in the war zone, but they show differences by their time sets. Let’s start off with the big difference, the time set. A Diary from Dixie is about the Civil War from April 12, 1861 through May 13, 1865. Meanwhile, A Woman at War, is about the Gulf War from August 2, 1990 through February 28, 1991. Nearly one hundred and thirty years apart where the Civil war lasted about 4 years and the Gulf War lasted not even a full year. …show more content…
In A Diary from Dixie, the Civil War started at 4:30 a.m., unlike in A Woman at War, the Gulf War, started at 1:45 a.m., nearly three hours apart in the early morning. Another difference is what did they did when the war started or where did they go if you really want to be descriptive. When the shots were fired, both women went to opposite directions of the hotel. From A Diary from Dixie, she and the other people in the hotel went straight to the roof to watch the war, on the other hand, A Woman at War, she and everyone else went straight to the basement of the hotel to take