All throughout the work, March shifts back and forth thinking about his present situation and past exploits. The shift begins in Chapter Three his present duties include working with a surgeon. The work shifts back to the present where March is writing his wife a letter. Throughout Chapter Two, March continues to meet more characters while on the plantation. His journey took him to a Virginia plantation where he met Grace, a slave who was nice to him and introduced him to her master, Augustus Clement. The second chapter introduces some historical background of the character, where he has grown up and information about his life as a peddler. Introducing the book in this way allows the reader to see inside of the character's mind and heart. Brooks structures the work into nineteen chapters, beginning with an introduction of the character's relationship with home.
Even though he is tired from fighting, he keeps his promise to his wife (and daughters) to write every day, but not about the truth of the war. Geraldine Brooks' work 'March' opens with the main character John March writing a letter to his wife while he is fighting a battle as a chaplain of the union army.
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