Analysis Of 1776 By David Mccullough

Leader, a title most wish to earn, and when earned its hardships are realized in accordance. Periodically, such textbook examples are bound to appear, and so it did in 1776, when America’s proud chief George Washington became a leader and through the conquest of Cambridge and Boston, the loss at New York and flee from it likewise, and the final turning point by winning in Trenton and Princeton, showcases the above as true. Through telling of his story by David McCullough in 1776, with use of contrast and weary diction, the author claims further that leaders aren’t great, brave men, but instead foolhardy charters that seek for the betterment of their lives. Washington realized that shortages on tents, “blankets and clothing” were becoming

Juxtapositioning that with Washington’s stance, the need of the author to showcase Washington in this event is clear. In January 9, 1776, Knox and his men have to carry the Ticonderoga cannons through “mountains, steep and tumbled” yet when it came to describing them in a metaphor he stated he “might have seen all the kingdoms of the Earth” revealing a rather joyful nature Knox kept up still in such grave situations, yet the way the author kept talking about the grave dangers singles out Knox’s opinion, revealing the focus (McCullough 84). Such a remarks are lies during danger yet likely this positive attitude let him and his men prevail. Washington after the loss at New York is said by the author through imagery to have “wept within his soul” but not in front of others, showing his stubborn nature (McCullough 244). The concealing of his emotions is a lie, but what use would truth again have been. Washington likely realised army moral is more important and the detailed explanation of the author stating Washington didn’t cry in public shows approval of

Moments like so that describe the foolhardy nature of Washington’s plan as it just finished, but clearly worked. Paired with the diction of the author, it is clear the author feels pride aswell of Washington as the work paid off. Clearly, the pride also would incline the author to respect Washington’s foolhardy nature as a key trait, and further it. When Washington arrived in New York with his wife “with no ceremony” indicating the rather harsh reality from the start in New York yet still “he went directly to work” and eventually found a “country residence at a beautiful estate” showcasing the foolhardy nature in which he couldn’t let the circumstances get to him, so he made his own (McCullough 121). With the phrases above, a clear approving tone is established as well with the way the writer singled those moments out in accordance with the no ceremony part, showcasing the need of the author to highlight those actions. It isn’t a leap to further that understanding that he is approving then of Washington’s foolhardy nature as a leader. Before the battle of Trenton and Princeton it is showcased that “Washington himself was by no means