Compare And Contrast Charlie And Henry

Terrified, he runs from the scene, following the other soldiers who also lacked these traits. Henry views his regiment as “the subtle battle brotherhood more potent even than the cause for which they were fighting. It was a mysterious fraternity born of the smoke and danger of death”, meaning that he only fights because he’s surrounded by fighters. Henry is not showing courage or bravery in battle, he is just blindly following the other soldiers.

First, Henry might have been scared. He saw what happened in the first battle and it affected him in a way it didn't the others. This was the first time he fought in a war or battle with other men. He made friends with some of the soldiers in his regiment. If he stuck

Henry fought along side with the other soldiers in the first battle because they all put up a fight and didn't look scared or even a little frightened by the opposing soldiers. Henry ran during the second battle because he saw all the other solider who were around him starting to run. If they weren't scared from the first battle than they shouldn't have been scared of the second one, unless they knew something bad was going to happen or they were going to loose. He didn't want to run because he didn't was to be labeled a coward and become a pariah in his regiment.

In the beginning, Henry seems excited to be going to war, but he is excited by all the wrong reasons. Prior to the first Battle commencing, Henry witnesses another battle and because the men of that battle were successful, Henry felt that his regiment would also win theirs. This thought gave him a sense of pride and hope, but Henry’s reasons for wanting to win the battle were never noble, nor were they a personal sense of right and wrong. The only thing he wants from the battle is a good reputation. He believes that if his performance is impressive, he will be seen as a hero by all his peers.

     War takes a toll on people; the intensity varies from person to person. In Henry?s case, the toll was very heavy. The Henry before the war was the opposite of the post-war

As Henry is trying to find ways to justify running from the battle, he happens to overhear a few men talking about the very same battle. His side had won, and Henry is faced with the harsh truth, Henry ran out of fear. Not because he though that the soldiers fighting alongside him would lose, but because he was afraid only for his own life. As he is thinking about all of this, Henry finally comes across other soldiers. As he inspects them more closely however, he notices that they are all badly wounded. Still trying to escape the battle, he joins

After the war, Henry remained cold to everything around him. “He sat in front of it, watching it, and that was the only time he was completely still. But it was the kind of stillness that you see in a rabbit when it freezes and before it will bolt. He was not easy. He sat in his chair gripping the armrests with all his might.” By comparing Henry to a rabbit frozen in fear, it really shows how immense his anguish is. “I looked over, and he’d bitten through his lip… So we went and sat down. There was still blood going down Henry’s chin, but he didn’t notice it and no one said anything even though every time he took a bite of his bread his blood fell onto it until he was eating his own blood mixed in with the food.” This quote uniquely shows how closed off he is emotionally. He has experienced so much pain from the war that he ignores his own suffering. It is clear that Henry had some extent of PTSD from the war. He was drowning in pain so much that he ignored his own purpose and value, so much so that he ended up taking his

Charley and Henry are very similar but they also have many differences. Henry is close to many people, but Charley has not created a bond with any of the other soldiers. In the beginning Charley was so excited and loved feeling like a man, but now he doesn’t know if he can make it through another battle

Henry hated to be ridiculed so badly that he abandoned the poor man who only showed care and concern for Henry. A hero doesn't abandon a fellow soldier in desperate need of help. Henry tries to reassure his confidence by asking other soldiers how they would respond to battle. Jim Conklin honestly said that it depended on the circumstances, "but if everyone was a standing and a fighting, why, I'd stand and fight."(Crane Ch.1) When he asked Wilson, Wilson dismissed the notion of running from battle. Henry was trying to look for someone to relate to, but as a result of questioning his fellow soldiers he further isolated his insecurities of battle.

Despite the fact that Henry wanted to go to war, and enlisted by choice, Henry makes this egotistical observation, “He was in a moving box. As he perceived this fact it occurred to him that he had never wished to come to war. He had not enlisted of his free will. He had been dragged by the merciless government. And now they were taking him out to be slaughtered.” Later, Henry, after fleeing from the perilous battle, stated from afar that if the army he fought for lost, it would be beneficial for him. Self-absorbed Henry also perceived that he had been ill-used and was trodden beneath the feet of an iron injustice. This observation was the result of Henry seeing some of his fellow soldiers fleeing, so he did the same. Consequently, Henry only saw how things affected him, causing him to be

“The Youth,” which Henry is referred to as, dreamt of glory in battle and being a hero (Crane 2). That is the reason why Henry enlisted himself; even though he told his comrades he was forced to be in the army. His mother’s farewell speech is ironic because he thought that she would give him a tearful and long speech, but all she really said was to “Watch out, and be a good boy” (4). She does not want Henry to be a hero even though that is what he went to war for. She told Henry that she will be fine if he does not return home. Henry tries to pull off being a confident and good soldier, while in the reality he is very nervous about what will happen in battle. Throughout the novel, he questions his courage and if he would run from battle. At an early battle, Henry continuously fires at the enemy line and feels like he is a courageous soldier. However, soon after this battle, another one erupts and Henry runs from it. This is

During the war, Henry’s emotions overcome him which compels him to make wicked decisions. After the war begins, Henry is committed to winning and does not care about the obstacles that lie ahead. After his friends are slaughtered, Henry decides that “every soldier kill his prisoners.” (4.6.38) All the prisoners taken by the English were slaughtered because Henry’s emotions interfered with his decision making. Moreover, Henry’s intellect got in the way with his decision-making, which cost the lives of many

He described that he couldn’t escape even if he wanted to. Through this analogy, the reader can see that Henry is reducing the soldiers to unthinking, unfeeling machines, performing their duty without taking into account the threat of injury or death. As he looks around at the faces of the rest of the soldiers in his regiment, he notices their focused commitment to the firing of their rifles. He wonders if he is the only one faced with questions of morality. While the regiment began to advance, Henry was shocked to receive a packet of letters from Wilson, who feared he would die in battle. After the battle, he is glad that he made it through the first day. He begins to lose the romantic vision of war by seeing the realities, but he starts lying to himself about who is really is.

Henry was barely eighteen years of age when got to the thrown. He has been prepared ever since the death of his brother Arthur. At this age, he was not the kind of person you would

“The Red Badge of Courage” 1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem. Henry’s problem is that he initially regards war and the soldiers that participate in a grandiose ideology. He is swept up in the way he and his fellow soldiers are treated as they march on Washington.