Shiloh
“Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason represents a change over the course of a young woman’s life. ... The significance of the title “Shiloh,” is how it relates to the problems in Norma Jean and Leroy’s marriage. Shiloh was the site of a major Confederate battle of the Civil War. ... But the question of who won at Shiloh is almost a debatable point, because so many lives were lost, and the Federal forces were too tired to even chase the rebels when they retreated. ... Then Leroy insists on going on the trip to Shiloh for a second honeymoon as Norma Jean’s mother Mable suggested. ... If so, it provides an ending eerily reminiscent of the outcome of the historical battle of Shiloh which there were heavy casualties on both sides, but nobody really won.