Henry Fleming, the protagonist, in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane undergoes a process of maturation that is both physical and emotional. ... However, Henry starts to really mature as he receives his Red Badge of Courage. ... Now Henry has a real Red Badge of Courage. ... Crane uses religious imagery throughout the book. ...
The Red Badge of Courage "It is well that war is so terrible, lest we should grow to fond of it... This is illustrated in the novel The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. ... Even the wounded, those marked with their "red badge of courage", were only part of a large faceless group of other casualties, known only as the spectral and tattered solders, trudging toward the rear in a long column, constantly forced to dodge cannon and horses hurtling to and from the front, unconcerned by the wounded and occupied only with their mission. ... The impersonality of war and war as the nature of soci...
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane traces the effects of war on a Union soldier, Henry Fleming, from his dreams of soldiering, to his actual enlistment, and through several battles of the Civil War. ... He grabbed a comrad by the arm and asked the man "why- why-" not letting go of the mans arm, so the man hit Henry over the head with the butt of his rifle, giving Henry his first Red Badge of Courage. ...
