When Jim suddenly collapses and dies, Henry is devastated. The tattered soldier again asks Henry about his wound. Again, Henry can't explain that he has no wound, so he leaves the disoriented, wounded, tattered soldier stumbling in the field. Henry anguishes over his lack of courage, but he can't overcome the guilt and self-hatred that stop him from returning to his regiment. He hears the noise of a battle and sees reinforcement troops heading toward the front.
Other character as well, but I think he represents the most of the characters in the book. First, when he got the letter saying that he should join the army and go to the war, he was so afraid and he didn’t want to give up everything that he had and go to the pointless war, so he planned to run away from home to Canada. But then when he was almost there, he realizes that it’s not the matter of if he wants to or not. He thought about the family that he left, the patriotic town people, and all of his memories there. He couldn’t just run away from his home leaving all the things behind him, and also he didn’t want the town people to talk about him.
SHORT PLOT/CHAPTER SUMMARY (Synopsis) Despite all the action of the novel, Crane's emphasis is on the Youth's psychological and unconscious response to the battlefront. Henry Fleming begins the novel as an untried youth with all the misconceptions and mystifications of war that boys are raised to believe; as a result, he eagerly joins the Union army. At first he enjoys military life as his regiment marches in parades before cheering civilians. Soon, however, the Youth is disappointed to realize that army life is boring drudgery. His regiment is marched, drilled, and halted repeatedly.
Henry had joined the military to earn a name amongst other men. Instead he would flee from a battle and cause his own injury. When Henry returned to camp and lied about the nature of his wound, he highly doubted neither his manhood nor his right to behave as pompously as a veteran. Henry’s lack of a true moral sense manifested itself in the emptiness of the honor and glory that he seeks. A great change occurs within him as he fought, he lost his sense of self.
South What is a “red badge of courage”? When the main character of the book encounters a number of soldiers walking back to the rear, he is envious of them. Why? Yes, because he is still having thoughts of running away from the battle Did the youth run away from the battle? Yes What was the youth doing when he was injured?
He hated himself. He had loved Martha more than his men, and as a consequence Lavender was now dead, and this was something he would have to carry like a stone in his stomach for the rest of the war” (103). Cross was ashamed; he is a leader and was not there for his soldiers. Now he has the burden for a soldier that died at his hands. The last personality trait that First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross demonstrates is bravery.
Henry, at first, is timid and anxious about his potential and what would the others think about him. Later, he ignores everything around and focuses on the Union flag. His reaching out for the flag proves to himself that he is just as brave and courageous as those soldiers whose stories dazzled him as a boy. He is that very
Perry wonders about the soldier's life and family before another member tells him to stop. Because he misses a patrol with his squad due to catching a disease, he is sent with another squad to patrol. During this, his squad accidently fires on another one of its own platoons, killing over a dozen. Distraught by this, Perry turns to Brew, who lends him his
Another fact proving Henry is guilty of running is that he went into the war scared that he was going to run. Like mentioned before, before the war even started, Henry was asking soldiers what they would do if given the chance. This shows that he wanted to see if other soldiers felt the same way he did. Henry Fleming and the rest of the regiment were marching for days without any battle. He wanted there to be action, but he was scared and didn't want it to start at the same time.
The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage takes place during an unnamed battle during the Civil War. The location of the battle is also never mentioned. Although, the battle wasn’t told, it vividly described the war, and that made The Red Badge of Courage, historical fiction. The main character is Henry Fleming, a young boy who decides to join the army, and he is accompanied by Jim Conklin and Wilson. Fleming meets these soldiers in his regiment and becomes good friends with them.