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    poses and some may never poses. In the beginning of the novel Henry is a whiney‚ unrealistic teenager. However overtime he starts to develop some traits that lead to him acting more mature‚ and adult-like in the environment he is in. In The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane‚ Henry goes from being an immature teenager to demonstrating traits of an adult and reevaluates his own personal values of wanting the fame and glory of being a soldier‚ and also his value of taking responsibility for his actions

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    Seliz Kaya English III Skar The Red Badge of Courage In “The Red Badge of Courage” Henry defines the American dream as being known for being courageous. Henry wants to show how brave he is by joining the war and he wants to be acknowledged that way. From the book‚ it seems like it is mostly focused on Henry’s transformation from a coward man to a brave soldier‚ but Crane mainly focuses on his mental growth. This shows that the dream Crane is trying to debate is actually different from the

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    Jessica Montanez Sloan C. Teacher ENG LIT 5th Hour 3 December 2012 Red Badge of Courage Cour-age [kur-ij‚ kuhr-] noun 1.the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger ‚ pain ‚ etc.‚ without fear; bravery. Is the theme that Stephane Crane brings into the novel the Red Badge of Courage with the story of a young boy named Henry who seems to have a hard time finding out who he really is and finding out that joining the Union army turned

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    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

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    304th regiment readied themselves for battle as the Confederate Army drew nearer‚ and Henry prepared himself to face his first moment of truth. In the novel The Red Badge of Courage‚ written by Stephen Crane‚ Henry struggled with the notion of what he would do once the time to fight actually came. The internal conflict between his courage and fear is illustrated in chapters 5 and 6‚ during his first and second battle of the Civil War. His vast difference of reactions to both battles had quite a few

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    Naturalism in the Red Badge of Courage Naturalism is the belief that nature and fate is a far larger force than man. Another words‚ no one can control their fate because there are far larger forces than man. There were many examples of naturalism in R B O C. One example was on page 796 in chapter one where the union soldiers were waiting around in camp with absolutely no control over when they were going into battle. The reason this was considered naturalism is because the larger force was the

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    war during the Reconstruction Era‚ radical discrimination of African Americans largely ensued‚ and the weak Southern economy with massive crop destruction influentially affected the lives of the tenant farmers negatively (91). In the novel Red Badge of Courage‚ Stephen Crane not only depicted war as a dehumanizing force that physically and mentally influenced the soldiers to act non-emotionally and fearfully but also painted a realistic‚ gory mosaic of bloody carcasses.

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    Red Badge of Courage is about a young soldier named Henry Fleming‚who is drafted during the war. The book traces the thread of emotions and reactions to events that he goes through‚ in the civil war. Being an an average farmer from New York‚ Henry wanted to go to war and become a hero like the ones he has read about in his school. The book starts off with a bunch of boys sitting at camp by the river‚ and while everyone is thinking about what they will do in war and how heroic they would be‚ Henry

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    1) The Red Badge of Courage’s successful in de-glorifying war. First‚ at the beginning of the book‚ Henry dreamed of the glory and fame as a hero fighting in the war. His mother did not want him to‚ regardless Henry enlisted anyways. This is a major difference in where many books at the time had parent’s sending the sons of to seek glory in the war. Second‚ the mundane day to day drill’s and activities was portrayed. Third‚ when the fighting started fear self-preservation kicked in. Fleeing the battle

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    has more imperfections than once thought. Some may seek final reasoning for their mistakes and problems‚ but this‚ in some situations‚ is not a very truthful or justifiable approach in the eyes of others at first observation. Throughout The Red Badge of Courage‚ the main character‚ Henry‚

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