Imagery In The Red Badge Of Courage
Henry, like many people these days, went against what his mother said when she told him not to join the war. She said “When he had stood in the doorway with his soldier’s clothes on his back, and with the light of excitement and expectancy in his eyes almost defeating the glow of regret for the home bonds, he had seen two tears leaving their trails on his mother's scarred cheeks.” (4). Henrys mother was very saddened that he had joined the war but Henry did not look back at the moment to think about why. 180,000 teens join the army these days leaving their families not knowing when they would see them again. The Red Badge of Courage is a good book that portrays how sad it makes the familys that the soldiers leave behind. Henry didn't
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Henry saw man deaths by gunshot and many deaths in general. Seeing that many dead people is not easy. Guns are made as toys but they are no joke, they actually kill people. The seriousness of guns is portrayed in war books quite well. The title of Red Badge of Courage is a use of imagery to represent a gunshot from the war. The “Red-Badge-of-Courage” is everywhere in the book symbolizing many deaths. Henry is quite shook when he first sees someone who was shot and is dead. “Near the threshold he stopped, horror-stricken at the sight of a thing. He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a collumnlike tree. The corpse was dressed in a uniform that once had been blue, but was now faded to a melancholy shade of green.” (35). Guns are a serious subject and these days people are working to have more gun control around the country. Death is caused by guns and The Red Badge of Courage greatly demonstrates what guns were made to do and what the do. After Henry realizes how serious the guns and the war was he had a change in his character to be more mature. “The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible machine to him” (37). Henry knows now that the war is no joke and it isn’t only about getting the recognition of being brave by people when he returns home. He is not the same after seeing so much
Henry saw man deaths by gunshot and many deaths in general. Seeing that many dead people is not easy. Guns are made as toys but they are no joke, they actually kill people. The seriousness of guns is portrayed in war books quite well. The title of Red Badge of Courage is a use of imagery to represent a gunshot from the war. The “Red-Badge-of-Courage” is everywhere in the book symbolizing many deaths. Henry is quite shook when he first sees someone who was shot and is dead. “Near the threshold he stopped, horror-stricken at the sight of a thing. He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a collumnlike tree. The corpse was dressed in a uniform that once had been blue, but was now faded to a melancholy shade of green.” (35). Guns are a serious subject and these days people are working to have more gun control around the country. Death is caused by guns and The Red Badge of Courage greatly demonstrates what guns were made to do and what the do. After Henry realizes how serious the guns and the war was he had a change in his character to be more mature. “The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible machine to him” (37). Henry knows now that the war is no joke and it isn’t only about getting the recognition of being brave by people when he returns home. He is not the same after seeing so much