Examples Of Fear In The Red Badge Of Courage
Fear is a powerful thing. It can make or break someone. Even the strongest person can fall in the face of fear. In the novel The Red Badge of Courage the author, Steven Crane, suggests that fear can destroy someone if they allow it to get to them.
Henry hows the greatest fear out of anyone in the novel. Early within the novel he shows his fear. He tried to “mathematically prove to himself that he would not run from battle.” here is where the fear is slowly consuming him. He is completely overwhelmed with fear of dying or running from the battle and this is destroying him. Fear can even corrupt the mind even with Henry. “As his imagination went forward to a fight, he saw hideous possibilities.” Fear at this point has overwhelmed him leading him to mindless thoughts. Henry is slipping fast. Fear has gotten to him and is destroying him.
Everyone even the ones that appear the strongest can fade. Jim appears strong but really he fear things like everyone else. At the beginning of the novel Jim says “if a whole lot of boys started and run, why, I s'pose I'd start and run.” Here is where Jim shows he fears battle. …show more content…
Look at agoraphobia. It is the fear of going outside. James Mcintosh wrote “intense fear of any situation where escape may be difficult.” Fearing this can destroy someone if they allow it to get to them. Fear is a powerful thing that can destroy someone even if that fear is minuscule as this. Not that many people has this phobia, “about 1.8 million American adults”, but the people that do have it are terrified of outside. Their families are even effected by this fear. It consumes them as well as they fear for their relative. People face this fear and it will destroy them if they allow it to continue.
The Red Badge of Courage shows that point. Fear can destroy someone if they allow it to get to them. Nothing is more true than that because fear is a powerful thing. It will break a person if it gets to
Henry hows the greatest fear out of anyone in the novel. Early within the novel he shows his fear. He tried to “mathematically prove to himself that he would not run from battle.” here is where the fear is slowly consuming him. He is completely overwhelmed with fear of dying or running from the battle and this is destroying him. Fear can even corrupt the mind even with Henry. “As his imagination went forward to a fight, he saw hideous possibilities.” Fear at this point has overwhelmed him leading him to mindless thoughts. Henry is slipping fast. Fear has gotten to him and is destroying him.
Everyone even the ones that appear the strongest can fade. Jim appears strong but really he fear things like everyone else. At the beginning of the novel Jim says “if a whole lot of boys started and run, why, I s'pose I'd start and run.” Here is where Jim shows he fears battle. …show more content…
Look at agoraphobia. It is the fear of going outside. James Mcintosh wrote “intense fear of any situation where escape may be difficult.” Fearing this can destroy someone if they allow it to get to them. Fear is a powerful thing that can destroy someone even if that fear is minuscule as this. Not that many people has this phobia, “about 1.8 million American adults”, but the people that do have it are terrified of outside. Their families are even effected by this fear. It consumes them as well as they fear for their relative. People face this fear and it will destroy them if they allow it to continue.
The Red Badge of Courage shows that point. Fear can destroy someone if they allow it to get to them. Nothing is more true than that because fear is a powerful thing. It will break a person if it gets to