Who is shiloh in red dragon

So I participate in this way of thinking about old Civil War places, too. I looked up pictures of Shiloh, and apparently it's quite lovely also. I don't know what it is. Maybe we're too far removed from the Civil War - the ugliness of the battles are gone, so all we see are lovely trees and quaintly worn monuments. So even if we're aware of what happened at these places - how many soldiers went into the battle versus how many came out - we don't necessarily get it. So I'm going to go ahead and make a blog post about the odd connection between Red Dragon and "Shiloh," two stories that shouldn't have anything in common but actually have a surprising amount.

Also, long post ahead, please bear with it. To lay down a good foundation for those unfamiliar with the story, Red Dragon is the first novel in the Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris. The protagonist, Will Graham, is called from early retirement by the FBI because he was the best at hunting down serial killers and there's a really nasty one on the loose. As he's laying in the hospital, a lot goes by and just before the end of the book he starts thinking that his wife Molly is going to leave him over the ordeal.

He thinks back to a time he went to Shiloh and contemplated the indifference of Nature to man's suffering and bloodshed.

The book ends with the words "Yes, he had been wrong about Shiloh. Shiloh isn't haunted--men are haunted. Shiloh doesn't care," Harris Natasha I used to have a description, but am now in constant existential crisis — so what's the point? I would just like to point out that the ending of Red Dragon is a textbook example of literary naturalism. Note how this passage demonstrates the indifference of nature to the human condition, which is the main characteristic of naturalism.

Then, compare it with these excerpts from the last chapter of Red Dragon :. Beautiful Shiloh could witness anything. Feel free to contribute! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Find Mary Online. Follow Dreambeast7. Both the unnamed tortoise and I need your help. So, here are the contest details. See the Blog.