"Son of the Morning Star"

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The paper explains that Connell's history provides more details on the humanity of the white and Indian races (which existed between both Custer and Sitting Bull's Sioux victors at the Battle of Little Big Horn) than Robe. The paper contends that the manners of battle detail, characterization and narrative scope are both elements that Robe adheres to in the characterization of Custer, but he fails to generate a realistic sense of proportion and detail in the military aspects of the battle.

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"The aim of this study will be to examine the nature of western expansionist military history in the novel "Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn" by Evan S. Connell, alongside the film adaptation of the book entitled similarly "Son of the Morning Star," directed by Mike Robe. The lesser value of the film makes demarcations of accuracy in battle details, characterizations, and narrative from Connell's historical analysis of Custer, which provide some comparisons in relation to the contrasts within these two mediums. The film making style of Rob that depicts Custer's final battle at Little Big Horn relate little of the larger cavalry battles that are depicted within Connell's sweeping narrative of horse fighting and the intensive savagery of war."

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