Impressionism In The Red Badge Of Courage

Literary impressionism is exemplified by the writer Steven Crane. Though many themes of writing styles writing styles such as realism and naturalism lend themselves to Crane 's works, it is the combination of components from these styles with impressionism that gave Steven Crane his own unique panache. An understanding of of many organic features of impressionism and Crane 's personal writing style are needed to bring full enjoyment out of Crane 's literary works, including the masterpiece of all impressionistic novels The Red Badge of Courage. These include: Backgrounds of Impressionism, Narrative Method, Theme, Characterization, Structure and Imagery.

Impressionism has often been viewed as having a large impact on many arts, especially painting, but the most
The first manifestation of Henry 's problem is his desertion. Because Henry comes to the point where he is driven by fear, his mind has again changed his perceptions of his enemies into metaphorical dragons, so he blindly runs away saying that his actions are empowered by much more wisdom than the actions of his comrades. For a little while it appears Henry is winning the conflict in his mind when he returns to his unit, but when a new battle begins, his perceptions again constrict and his mind is thrown back into irrational thought and chaos. It isn 't until after the battle in the middle of the second half of the novel that Henry will reach the defining moment in his struggle, his epiphany. "His mind was under-going a subtle change. . . . Gradually his brain emerged from the clogged clouds and at last he was able to more closely comprehend himself and circumstance. . . . Later, he began to study his deeds - his failures and his achievements. . . . At last, they marched before him