Henry The main protagonist of “The Red Badge Of Courage” is a young impressionable soldier who has never been in combat. He fights for the union, who is currently locked in a fierce war with the confederacy. In the first battle the enemy attacks Henry’s camp, however he is inexperienced and has no clue on what to do or say. His actions become automatic and he fights like he never fought before. He fights without fear even though he believed before the battle started he would be killed. After the fight Henry is horrified by the sight of all the fallen soldiers. As the union troops regroup Henry attempts to see if any soldiers were scared but ends up irritating them. In the second battle Henry is surprised as the soldiers attack again
In the beginning of the story Henrys doubt and struggle to find courage seriously affects his faith in himself. He joined the army because he was drawn to the glory of military conflict; considering war a sort of accessory. In the book it states, “He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and he had longed to see it all.
This soldier could have easily been Henry if he would have left the fight against the rebs. This soldier symbolizes the fear that Henry has about fleeing battles. When this soldier runs, Henry
Using his powers of leadership, he encourages his troops to put up the fight of their lives by stating that they will “close up the wall with our English dead” if they lose. As well as encouraging, he has also trained his archers and provided them with swords and axes. Additionally, Henry has to express pathos, in other words emotion.
It made him feel uneasy the who night. Henry could not control himself like the water either. All of the memories had been flowing through him. People say that war can change a person and it definitely changed
In “the Red Badge of Courage” the Narrator only focuses on one main character “the youth,” Henry Fleming's is more of an outsider. Henry is just watching other soldiers fight while he’s doing his own. “The separation was as great to him as if they had marched with weapons of flame and banners of sunlight. He could never be like them.” It tells us how isolated he is.
He becomes tired of the tedious waiting, not immediate glory. The weariness and injustice of war bring out Henry 's worst but occasionally best
When Jim tells Henry “if a whole lot of boys started and run then I s’pose I’d run … But if everybody stays and fights, then I’ll stay and fight.” (p. 15), Henry is somewhat comforted by that fact that he is not the only soldier thinking about running. Our parents and/or friends try to give us helpful advice when we are afraid of something. This gives him enough courage to get through the battle at first
When Henry offers his service in the war he is becoming a warrior and upturning a warrior status. 2. In which story (give title) do we find the following lines. Who is the “I”? What is its significance?
Henry comforts himself with the thought that if the enemy is meant to win the battle, their victory will at least not be an easy one. As the 304th fights, he is assured of its confidence in combat. In a pitched battle, Henry’s
Henry has a sort of excitement about the ideas of war. The youth have engaged in their first battle, where they saw many of their fellow brothers die. As the next
In this time of feudalism, people knew Henry V as an important leader who gives his glory and honor to not only a few individuals, but to each and every person who is serving physically as a knight and doing any actions made to build status into their country. The speech that he gives before the battle clearly states the loyal characteristics on how much of hard work he put into training his men whether they were from noble birth or from the poorest and lowest of classes. First, he states how he and his army can have the biggest achievement even if there are only a few men to fight in a chaotic battle like this, then he forms a type of honorable day and group remembered for fighting in this battle dead or alive, so that there would be no level on which individual was better than the other, and last he makes it loud and clear that he would even treat those men as if they were his brothers because they were the only few men that would support him and fight with him against their enemies. The three big examples here are the political expectations on what a group of men needs from a leader like Henry V and a true king with the power of his absolute anarchy.
Initially, Henry only seeks honor and glory for himself through his battles. A true test of Henry’s resolve comes when he must lead a charge as the color bearer. Boldly heading the charge, Henry finally begins fighting for his nation and his fellow troops and “he was capable of profound sacrifices and tremendous death” (118). Through encountering the evils of war, Henry develops a selfless motivation in the war.
While talking to other soldiers, Henry runs into two other soldiers, Jim Conklin, and Wilson. Henry gets into his first battle after a really long time of being in the military and he doesn’t do too bad, but it’s in Henry’s second war that we see his fear overtake him and he runs for the mountains for safety. Henry later headed
This is a clear sign that Henry was not prepared to enlist in the war and was. A true hero would have stayed through it all and would have never given up. At the beginning of the story when only wanted to go against what his mother said, he was immature and misunderstanding. Henry’s mother told him, “Henry, don’t be a fool” (Crane 4). Even though his mother attempted change his mind, the next morning he set out to enlist.
Along the journey from home as they go to Washington, Henry and his regiments are treated so well that he now believes “he must be a hero” with “the strength to do mighty deeds of arms.” Contrary to his expectation he does not become a hero immediately he is confronted with self-doubt. He is caught up in a dream with “a thousand-tongued fear