Glory Movie Analysis

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The film Glory, is a true story based on the diaries of Robert Gould Shaw. The movie is about the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The first black regiment to fight in the Civil War. The army was made up of black soldiers both free men and escaped slaves. Men that did not have to fight volunteered to fight for many reasons. They had a purpose behind their actions. For most it was to stand up in democracy and to be free men. Those people that were free slaves joined the army to help. They risked their lives in war because they noticed that there was something more important to their life and it was to fight for a cause. Very few joined or did not leave the army because of peer pressure. Even if they missed their families or for any other reasons