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    1. Crane’s "Red Badge of Courage" was Brilliant. I believed it was so fresh because of how we really do not know where the battle is taking place. I also believe it was fresh because it doesn’t really give a date or time. This makes the story fresh because it gives the reader a since of confusion to simulate the confusion of war. 2. One passage that i found in the Red Badge of Courage that had much confusion would have to be in chapter 10. In this chapter‚ a young man keeps calling Henry the name

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    The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane ‘The Red Badge of Courage’ is a war novel set in America during the American Civil War‚ written by Stephen Crane. The book is about a young private‚ called Henry Flemming‚ who fears how he will react when he encounters his first battle. His worst fears come true when thrown into combat‚ and he flees‚ abandoning his fellow soldiers. Ashamed of his cowardice‚ he longs for a war-wound – ‘a red badge of courage’. When refaced with combat‚ he vents his rage

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    Man is not meant to be alone‚ we are meant for relationship and working as one body. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane tells the story of young Henry in his journey through the war. Henry and his regiment are a good example of the power of the individual as compared to the power of a full fighting force working in harmony. The Red Badge of Courage shows how in war individuals look after themselves‚ an unorganized and untested group is fragile‚ and a veteran force is mighty. In the Civil War

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    The Red Badge of Courage is a fictional story of a young soldier named Henry Fleming‚ who finds himself by overcoming his inner fears in a series of events during the Civil War. Henry is an average farm boy from New York‚ who dreams of being a true war hero. He has enlisted in the 304th New York regiment‚ which fights for the Unionist forces. The rising action for this novel is of Henry trying to overcome his struggle with courage. This changes when a dear friend‚ Jim‚ dies right before his eyes

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    “From the red badge of courage “ by Stephen Crane is about the eagerness of a solider to join the battle in war . In first part of this excerpt‚ the soldier is understanding the reality of war and what is going on. As he is watching the men prepare for battle‚ he sees them as “heros” and aspires to be like them. In lines 23 it says “they could retire with perfect self-respect and make excuses to the stars”‚ the author said this because it shows how the soldier felt the need to be like them in war

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    which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares. A river‚ amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks‚ purled at the army’s feet; and at night‚ when the stream hand become of sorrowful blackness‚ one could see across it the red ‚ eyelike gleam of hostile campfires set in the low brows of distant hills.” | 1 | The novel opens up with different impressions of the environment. In this passage Stephen Crane strongly uses mood and naturalism to help the reader visualize his depiction

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    the war assuming that they are already dead. Other soldiers are selfish enough to run away from the battlefield and not risk the chance of losing their lives. They do not care about any of their comrades but only care for themselves. In The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane‚ Henry Fleming comes face-to-face with survival instincts and selfish behaviors on the battlefield. Henry’s survival instincts begin to fade away as he gets over his fear of death. Henry is dealing with a lot of emotion in

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    As part of a book project‚ I read "The Red Badge of Courage." It is about a soldier named Henry who wants to earn his mark as a soldier. Initially he strays away from the battlefield because he is afraid of death and wants to live among the living and not the dead. Later‚ he becomes desperate to get shot and earn his "Red Badge of Courage" to prove to the other soldier that he is not only a man but a true hero. The purpose of this project was to write a journal entry for a series of chapters and

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    Though it is obvious that Steven Crane’s novel entitled The Red Badge of Courage is centered on one specific symbolic focal point‚ it is quite easy for the reader to look deeper into the title in search of another meaningful symbol. After much contemplation I realized that Crane uses color imagery as a symbol for many features within the story. Many specific colors were present more than once and often used for a certain representation of a character or characteristic. The particular noticeable colors

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    added‚ and the budget they are given to add onto the pressure it seems understandable on how such well-written series like The Hunger Games and Harry Potter received movies only to disappoint their fanbase. In the first chapter of the book The Red Badge of Courage there are a few scenes

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