Stephen Crane was fascinated by both mental and physical violence. Crane envied wounded soldiers, thus he wrote the novel The Red Badge of Courage. ... Stephen Crane only lived to be 29 years old. ... After, Crane published The Red Badge of Courage, he was hired to cover the Greco-Turkish war by many American and foreign newspapers. ... The Red Badge of Courage is a United States Civil War novel that traces the development of a young recruit, Henry Flemming, and his campaign during the war. ...

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Stephen Crane was one of the first naturalist writers of his times. ... At the end of the story Henry becomes a war hero and earns his "red badge of courage", not by his actions, but by chance and fate. ... Stephen Crane presents Henry's first dilemma that will lead to the development of Henry's character. ... He never really earned his "red badge of courage" like the rest of the soldiers, but chance and fate led him to become a hero. The Red Badge of Courage is interpreted as a simple war story about a young boy who develops into a man by his experiences in battle. ...

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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...

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Introduction- The Red Badge of Courage is a book that takes place during the Civil War. ... Authors Point of View- I think that the author, Stephen Crane, wrote this book to give an example of what life would be like as a young person who is faced with the situation of war and the possibility of death. ... Henry says to himself that he wishes he had a wound that he calls "a little red badge of courage", too. ... Recommendation - I have mixed feelings about whether to recommend The Red Badge of Courage to my classmates. ... Because of this type of wording, I think that The Red Badge of Cour...

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The name of this book is The Red Badge of Courage, and it was written by Stephen Crane in 1894. ... The book Red Badge of Courage has a very deep meaning because it gives great detail about the hardship of war, the physical and emotional side of it. ... All of the characters in the Red Badge of Courage represent some aspect of man either physically or emotionally. ... If we understand this book, we will find out that what Crane really was trying to say was that we are a very unique thing in the universe, and that being scared is normal in our lives, but what really makes a men is being able to...

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I read the Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, which was written to about the harsh Civil War realities. ... He is deeply envious of these men, thinking that a wound is like "a red badge of courage;" visible proof of valorous behavior. ... Courage is a characteristic that is something everyone wants to have. ... In war, courage is something that is almost necessary. ...

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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. ...

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These two novels are The Killer Angels by Michael Schaara and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. ... In The Red Badge of Courage Henry, a youthful soldier, is the main character. ... The Red Badge of Courage has a non- specific setting of each battle which gives more attention to the individual soldiers than their surroundings. The Red Badge of Courage takes place in and around Chancellorsville, Virginia, during the course of several days in late April and early May 1863, not that Crane tells the reader either of those things. ... On the other hand The Red Badge of Courage is full of ...

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