Essay On The Red Badge Of Courage
Stephen Crane uses the civil war as a backdrop in his novel, "The Red Badge of Courage". He explores the inner conflict of a union soldier as to how he would react in the battle field. Crane used two narrative techniques in his novel, American Naturalism and Impressionism. Naturalism is a technique that approaches life with a detached, objective outlook. For example, portraying man as a helpless creature who has no control over events in his life, but acts according to his instincts in response to environmental conditions of nature and the universe. Impressionism is a technique in which the writer presents characters, moods, and scenes as he visualizes them at a specific moment. Stephen Crane was one of the chief impressionists of his day.
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The Civil War was a conflict between the Northern and the eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union. This event organized and made known of the fact that the eleven Southern states were now conformed into the Confederate States of America. This was not really a civil war in the normal sense of opposing sides contending for control of one government. Instead a conflict precipitated by one side's creation of a separate nation. The Civil War was forty years of intense conflict that reflected the deep economic turmoil. This also brought attention to the social, and political differences between the Northern and the Southern states. The South being mainly being agricultural states, produced an abundance of cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, corn and sugarcane. The cash crops were expected to be exported to the North or Europe. Thus, creating a dependence on the North for manufacturing the financial aspect and commercial services for goods essentially to be traded. There were also sectional differences, such as the labor force in the South which included about 4 million slaves. Although, the slaveholder class made up a small minority of the population, it dominated and controlled Southern politics and their society. Slaves were the largest most single handed investment in the South. The fear of the mistreated and unrested slaves ensured the loyalty of the slaves to the economic and social
The Civil War was a conflict between the Northern and the eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union. This event organized and made known of the fact that the eleven Southern states were now conformed into the Confederate States of America. This was not really a civil war in the normal sense of opposing sides contending for control of one government. Instead a conflict precipitated by one side's creation of a separate nation. The Civil War was forty years of intense conflict that reflected the deep economic turmoil. This also brought attention to the social, and political differences between the Northern and the Southern states. The South being mainly being agricultural states, produced an abundance of cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, corn and sugarcane. The cash crops were expected to be exported to the North or Europe. Thus, creating a dependence on the North for manufacturing the financial aspect and commercial services for goods essentially to be traded. There were also sectional differences, such as the labor force in the South which included about 4 million slaves. Although, the slaveholder class made up a small minority of the population, it dominated and controlled Southern politics and their society. Slaves were the largest most single handed investment in the South. The fear of the mistreated and unrested slaves ensured the loyalty of the slaves to the economic and social