The Harlem Hellfighters, written by Max Brooks, is a fiction book based offn the African American 369th Infantry Regiment in 1919. In this novel, Brooks concentrates mainly on the major obstacles African American soldiers faced during World War I. He focuses on how these challenges affectsed their lives, and is very thorough whein expressing his own opinions and perspectives. He talks about the hardships and social aspects of their daily lives as well as the harsh reality of the war, twhatich makes it more appealing to the readers. Brooks' centralized theme was about the challenges and discrimination of African Americans during the war, how it affected their lives emotionally and physically, and what was done to amend these challenges.