How To Write An Essay On Outlander By Diana Gabaldon

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I recently read a book called Outlander. It's written by Diana Gabaldon about a woman who is transported through time to 18th century Scotland. It was recently made into a Starz original series. I honestly wasn't sure if I would like the TV show having read the book. I sat through the first episode as if I was a five-year-old child with a bucket of popcorn in-between my legs watching Cinderella for the first time. The book has three central characters Claire Beauchamp Randall, her husband Frank who live in the 1940’s and Jamie Fraser who lives in 18th century Scotland. World War II has just ended; Claire and Frank are in Scotland on a second honeymoon having been separated for the last five years due to the war. She explores the surrounding countryside and …show more content…

Of course he's actually a distant ancestor. She's saved by some Highlanders which introduces the other central character Jamie Fraser who takes her with him to Castle Leoch. Castle Leoch is a vibrant lively place, a stark contrast to the ruins of the castle she visited a day earlier with her husband. Claire realizes somehow she's not in the 19th century but in the 18th century.
Paragraph #2: Reflect on the movie, TV show or book and how it demonstrated moral conflict, the principal of standing up against evil, the principal of tolerance, cultrual diversity, strong moral values or ethical relativism. Describe the ethical issue. Probably the biggest moral conflict that Claire faces is the fact that she is from the future and knows the history of Scotland. Her husband is a history professor and he spoke of the Jacobite uprising and later slaughter of hundreds of Highlanders. She remembers seeing a gravestone that had the name of the clan these men belong too. Claire knows in a few years they will all most likely die. They try to put the Bonnie Prince Charlie back on the throne of Scotland and