Use specific

evidence from
the film to back
up your claims

How is this
character presented
at the beginning of
the film?
He was brought up as
a friend of Thomas and
Forbes.

What conflicts does the

character face? How does
he deal with these
conflicts?
He faces the fact that he is a
superior in ranks and cant
talk to anyone who is below
rank. So he couldnt talk to
Thomas. He had trouble with
blacks believing him. He
tries to make blacks trust
him.
He faces the inequality of
blacks. He makes and
encourages that all blacks
are equal and tells Shaw
about it.

Why do you think the

character acts or
reacts to conflicts the
way he does?
He was from an
abolitionist family and
wanted all blacks to be
free.

How does the

character change by
the end of the film

He wants all blacks to

be free and never to be
treated this way again.

He began to trust Robert

and thought about whites
being better than he
originally thought.

He was brought up in
the beginning of the
movie as a grave
digger.

He was in war and fought for

the rights of the blacks. Yet
in war blacks were still
unequal, pay, shoes. He
protested with Trip that the
pay is unequal.

He was a slave and

taken out to be a grave
digger and soon became
a sergeant.

He was a brave sergeant

and led the regiment into
order.

Thomas was brought

up as freed
black man and
was highly
educated, when
he joined for the
Union cause had
never felt real
pain.
He was brought up as
a friend of Thomas and
Robert. He believed to
dislike blacks.

He was never beaten so in

war its his first time
experiencing real pain. He
thought it was a piece of
cake. He wanted to talk to
Shaw but he couldnt.

He had never
experienced things like
war since he wasnt a
slave.

Thomas turned into a real

soldier with bravery and
courage.

He disliked blacks even

though the war was fought
for the freedom of blacks.
He had given the blacks a
chance and he now saw that

He was taught that

whites were the
superiority of all. When
he was working with
black troops he had to

He too believes that

blacks should have every
right as a white man has.

Col. Robert Gould Shaw

He was brought up as
a slave and freed to
join the Union cause.

He was a very trusted

person in the first official
black regiment.

Pvt. Trip

Sgt. Maj. John

Rawlins

Cpl. Thomas Searles

Maj. Cabot Forbes

blacks were equal.

Glory Character
Analysis

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