Discuss Crane's background including the writing of The Red Badge of Courage. ... The Red Badge of Courage was written in order to win a bet he made that he could write a book in ten days on a subject he had no first hand experience with. ... "the youth- at the beginning Henry standing untested by war questions his own courage but has the story continues he has to face the truth about himself and discover the sad truth of his own insignificance. ...

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