Summary Of The Red By Stephen Crane

Since the beginning of time there have been wars and there have been stories about those wars. Hollywood has produced wars about the American Revolution to the World Wars. Before the movies, there was oral tradition and written word that told stories about the war. A classic example and one “real” war novel was written by Stephan Crane. In 1895, Crane wrote a post-civil war novel, “The Red.” This novel became the precursor of what a good war story should do, portray a soldier’s personal experience, emotion and the trauma caused by war. Stephan Crane accomplished this by researching firsthand accounts of soldiers, using unique writing styles and wisdom gleaned from prior events of his life. These helped him write “The Red”; the very first “real”