The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Henry Fleming (the youth) is the main character in the book Red Badge of Courage. Henry enlists in the Union Army during the US Civil War at a very young age and fights alongside other Union soldiers in his first battle. However when faced with an immediate second battle Henry decides to run and desert his unit. Henry is so tramatized by the dead and wounded soldiers that he sees during his first conflict that he cannot accept walking straight into his own death. So he runs away as fast as he can to save himself.

Meanwhile we meet two men, Jim Conklin or "the Tall Soldier" whom Henry has known for years, and Wilson or "the Loud Soldier." Wilson, afraid that he will die in battle, gives Henry a packet of letters to deliver to his family after the war. When the fighting finally starts, Henry doesn’t do too badly. However, when a second round of fighting begins after a brief lull, Henry is terrified and heads for the hills. Afterwards, he tries to rationalize his decision (to himself) by claiming it was simply a survival instinct. He oscillates between a

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“He wished that he, too, has a wound, a red badge of courage.” (Crane, 40). The book The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is about a 16 year old soldier named Henry Fleming, fighting in the the civil war. A union soldier fighting for the north, he is a hero in the story because even though he made some wrong decisions earlier in the war, by the end of the book he was a brave and independent young man. Henry was a hero in the story The Red Badge of Courage because he makes it through battle and does not give up, he grabs the flag when it is about to fall, and matures very quickly while in battle.

Thousands upon thousands of people died, hundreds of thousands injured and all over a simple disagreement... whether to rid slavery or not. In "The Red Badge of Courage", Stephen Crane portrays many themes through the main character Henry. Henry signed up for the 304th regiment in the Civil War. When he tells his mother, she is very disappointed because she told him not to. She did not want him to because Henry's father is not around; his father passed away when Henry was young.

In the Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Henry has a conflict of individual vs. self as he struggles to mature at first when confronted with the realities of war. We see Henry be mesmerized by the glories of being a soldier but he does not truly understand what it means to be a soldier fighting in a conflict such as the Civil War. He matures and develops throughout his exposure to warfare and understands what it means to be a warrior. This is the central point in understanding why he fights with the other soldiers the first battle, yet he flees when the second battle ensues.

In the Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane the main character Henry (the youth) is portrayed as a prideful and a coward character. In the beginning of the book his mom constantly tries to persuade him not going to war. He was told by his mother many times that he was not ready physically and mentally to go out into battle. She warns him that he should not try to be the Rambo and you don't always have to be the hero. Although Henry disobeys his mom's tips in war such as, avoid being too prideful in any situation, refrain from being a coward, and sometimes you don't always have to be the hero; but seems to disobey her thoughts.

Moving closer to the battle, Henry, the rookie private with a lack of self-confidence and courage, starts thinking if he should run away from a battle or fight in the battle. With a lack of war experience, he feels insecure going to battle and does not know what to do. He starts to ask his fellow soldiers on their thoughts and opinions about running away from a battle as he felt cowardliness of doing so. He also asked one

      In The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane explores the theme of courage and heroism in depth. He develops these themes through the main character, Henry Fleming. Henry is a naïve young man faced with the harsh realities of war, in this book, some argue that Henry is transformed into a heroic "quiet manhood" while others see Henry as the same young man who ran from battle in the beginning of the book. I think Henry doesn't change, his heroic status acquired at the end of the book isn't truly him, instead he merely is motivated by fear of dying and being rejected by his fellow soldiers.

Later on when Henry Fleming is on the battle field, he becomes full of fear, not knowing what comes next. As he keeps running he overhears that the regiment stopped the enemy military. He then slows down, and regains his breath and takes it easy. He then returns to the battlefield and finds many wounded men and provides medical assistance. After Henry helped the men, and fixed them up enough to walk on their own, and on their walk Henry sees Jim Conklin, his military friend. Jim was very badly wounded, but instead of stopping Jim, Henry follows Jim and watches him collapse and

As the battles continue, Henry dedicates himself to fighting. He starts working with his soldiers, and not only focusing on himself. He no longer wants approval from the other soldiers, because he knows what he does is right and has a significant amount of self affirmation. This shows his maturation and

“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

The Red Badge of Courage is a classic story that stands the test of time. It is about a heroic young boy named Henry Fleming. He is excited to finally enlist in the war and get his “red badge of courage”, a wound from combat. He wishes to impress friends and females alike. But what makes Henry flee from the war?

A way to resolve the protagonist Henry Fleming conflict is if he wouldn’t have enlisted for the Union Army he would not be worrying about fighting on the war also he wouldn’t have to worry of getting killed. If he did not enlisted he would have never faced his own fear and overcome it. He went through a rough path and struggles, but he had to do whatever it takes so he could have been name as the red badge courage. With all his hard work at the end he got the red badge of courage and also he is one of the bravest soldier in his region.

The Red Badge of Courage is a story of self-discovery. The novel is set during the American Civil War, on multiple battlefields. Henry Fleming is a young soldier fighting for the Union. He first joined the army because he dreams of the glories of battle and performing heroic deeds in battle. Although Henry wishes to be a brave soldier, when in battle, his survival instincts take over, and he begins debating fight or flight. His desire to become a soldier and his instinct to survive introduces the main plot and conflict of the story: During a battle, he runs away. This causes him to see the contradiction in himself and it becomes an emotional conflict for him to solve out the contradiction. Because he is so hung up on the image of the war hero, even though he wasn’t shot at, but hit by a fellow soldier, he lies to his comrades that the wound was a bullet wound. He’s lied once to them about fighting bravely in battle when in actuality he ran away, and he lied again telling them that the head would which he actually got from another soldier was a bullet wound. The climax of the plot occurs when Henry redeems himself at another major battle by fighting bravely and taking up the Union flag when the flag bearer is wounded. He ignores his fears and faces the battle like the hero he’s dreamed of and he overcomes his survival instinct. The resolution happens after the battle is over and Henry survives. He reflects on the decisions he’s made and sees how much he’d