1. Catton used subject-by-subject comparison because he wrote about Robert E. Lee and then wrote about Ulysses S. Grant.
2. The contrast between Grant and Lee becomes the most striking is that Lee saw himself in relation to his own region and He would fight to the limit of endurance to defend it, because in defending it he was defending everything that gave his own life its deepest meaning. Grant, in comparison would fight with an equal tenacity for the broader concept of society.
3. I think that Catton’s purpose in comparing Grant and Lee are the same as his purpose in contrasting them and their similarities also make a statement about U.S. history because of the way they lead and fought for their country.
4. “Succeeding generations of Americans” are in debt to Grant and Lee because of the way the two men acted at Appomattox. They both put their bitterness to rest so that they could make peace and make their nation one again.
5. I think Catton provides background for the meeting at Appomattox but no information about the ending to show that even though the two men had their differences they could come together at an agreement. The point of the ending was that they came to a peaceful agreement and not the all details of the meeting itself.
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