How Does Frederick Douglass Present The Theme Of The Red Badge Of Courage

Courage is looked at as the ability to face things that you are afraid of physically or mentally. Then in the “Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass and Red Badge of
Courage screenwriter John Huston there is a common theme of courage. Next In the narrative of
“Life of Frederick Douglass” he shows physical courage throughout his time of being a slave.
Then Henry in Red Badge of Courage also showed physical courage when he had to go off to war. Next both “Life of Frederick Douglass” and The Red badge of Courage show a common theme of mental courage. Finally both of the stories have the same recurring theme of courage and how Henery or Frederick had to overcome the fears they had.
In the slave narrative “Life of Frederick Douglass”

For example Covey sent him to get wood with a bunch of untrained bison and they crashed him into a tree, but then he was able to get back with the cart and then wood he needed to show Covey that he had the courage to get back with the untrained bison. Then Covey, his slave owner, was able to break him with him just being with him for a month with all of the beatings he gave him, he was beaten so badly that he eventually collapsed.
Then one day he was with one of his friends and his wife Sandy gave him a special root that protected him. That led him to finally have the courage to stand up to Covey which ended all of the beating that Covey did, he finally left him alone. Finally Frederick Douglass went though torture thoughout all of the years of being a slave but in the end still had the physical courage to stand up for himself.
In the The Red Badge of Courage Henry had to overcome many circumstances. Next for anyone just to have the physical courage to go to war is just an accomplishment by itself.

Henry decided to go back to the war and fight alongside his friends.
Finally Henry in The Red Badge Courage is a good example of a person showing physical courage in a stressful situation like war.
In both the “Life of Frederick Douglass” and The Red Badge of Courage there is also a common theme of Mental courage. The two main characters had many moments in time where they could have just stopped showing courage and overcoming their fears mentally. Then in The
Red Badge of Courage Henry went through the mental battle of wanting to go back to the war to face the fear of fighting or to just run and hide to be a coward. In the “Life of Frederick
Douglass” he would continue to get beat but he never broke mentally. Finally both “Life of
Frederick Douglass” and The Red Badge of courage had a theme of mental courage.
In conclusion, courage is the act of overcoming your fears physically or mentally, and in the narrative “Life of Fredrick Douglass” and The Red Badge of Courage the main characters are prime examples of showing courage. Next Henry and Frederick Douglass had the great quality