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Q&A Capitalization of personal event names

I am working with a friend on a essay and we have encountered a capitalization question. The book we are analyzing is The Assault by Harry Mulisch. The central event in the book is the attack on hi...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by lswim‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:22:30Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/10307
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar lswim‭ · 2019-12-08T03:22:30Z (over 4 years ago)
I am working with a friend on a essay and we have encountered a capitalization question. The book we are analyzing is _The Assault_ by Harry Mulisch. The central event in the book is the attack on his family which we have been referring to as either the assault or the Assault. My reasoning is that it is a one time event and so it should be capitalized but my friend thinks otherwise. Thanks in advance!

I looked it up in the Chicago Manual of Style and found:

> the Revolution;the revolutionary war

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-02-11T03:21:30Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 3