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That Bonny Blue Flag Lee Analysis

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from an eager band. “A band began playing “That Bonny Blue Flag” in Lee’s honor.” Lee’s indulgence in the attention and adulation does not end on the battlefield. It spills over to headquarters, where crowds of people gather just to see him. “The American fights for mankind, for freedom; for the people, not the land.” p.30 ‘Many of us came . . . because it was the right thing to do.” p.32 “Its the idea that we all have value, you and me, we’re worth something more than the dirt. What we’re all fighting for in the end is each other.” p.33 “What a piece of work is man . . . in action how like an angel! And the old man, grinning, had scratched his head and then said stiffly “Well, boy, if he’s an angel, he’s sure a murderin’ angel.” p.126

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