Questions On 'The Red Badge Of Courage'

*1. "Something new." "Never been guessed before." "A very fresh note." The critics agreed there was something different going on here. Many books about war, some quite realistic, had already been written.
Stephen Crane understood the cruel and gruesome reality of war. In his books and in The Red Badge of Courage we see an intense realism to what war is and what it really is like; before then authors didn’t portray war in this manner, so, it was considered “new” and probably what helped this book and Stephen’s other works become known and successful.
Describe what was fresh in Crane's approach to writing about war.
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE AND FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF WAR
FIRST PERSON
Locate a brief passage (about a paragraph in length) from
What is Crane's purpose? (author's purpose)
Crane’s purpose is to graphically describe the soldiers and what they went through during a battle, or the ones that lived, and to document what it was like to see men dying on the battlefield and how they acted when they knew death was near.
*7. How does each passage differ in its effect on the reader?
These passages differ, because the battle of Chancellorsville, was more of a strategic look on the battle, and Crane’s view was to show the confusion and chaos that comes from a battle.
A MINIMUM OF LINKING NARRATIVE
Locate a brief passage (about a paragraph in length) from The Red Badge of Courage that describes the course of an assault using details and mental associations rather than factual or realistic representation. Contrast it with the following excerpt (written in the first person) from "Chancellorsville," a first-hand account of the battle from the Confederate point of view, from Chapter VIII of Reminiscences of the Civil War by John
As I stood at the front gate gazing at the massive crowds of people wildly running around trying to find the nearest restroom, they had the look of a mad man. After first seeing how the crowds were moving and what direction everyone was headed I made a run for the closest roller coaster I could find, upon closer investigation I saw people exiting the ride with a pale look holding their mouths shut, or else their lunch will make an appearance. This sight pleased me as I am the most daring person out there, “nothing would scare me” I thought to myself as I waited patiently in line. As the line grew shorter and my long and patient waiting was about to be payed off I heard over the intercom “attention! To all who are pregnant, have heart problems, or any breathing disorder, you will not be permitted to ride this ride.” I quickly did self-examination and found that I do not have any of what the man announced, but as I looked around I saw a few people drop their heads in utter defeat and sorrow, as they had to leave the line and waste all of that precious time. Sitting in the seat I glanced around and saw the fellow people who are riding this with me, some of them with a pure childlike joy in their eyes, while others were fear stricken and their faces shone like a red medallion. The twists and the turns, the loops, and the corkscrews, everything was perfect and