The Red Badge Of Courage Henry Character Analysis

This is incorrect because Henry made choices that reflect on him in the end. Henry shows this when, “As he perceived this fact it occurred to him that he had never wished to come to the war. He had not enlisted of his free will. He had been dragged by the merciless government. And now they were taking him out to be slaughtered” (Crane 22). 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. This proves that he was not ready and only wanted to prove his mother wrong. As one can see, there are many reasons that Henry is considered a

In the Red Badge of Courage Henry Fleming made the decision to enlist in the Civil War for the Union Army. After being sent out to camps and conversing with his comrades, they started to ask if he thought some of the new soldiers would run. Being asked that question, Fleming began to question himself. Would he run when it came to the battle? Or would he be able to fight with bravery? Henry did not know if he would have courage and fight.

fought in a war before. This quote is important to the book because, Henry defines himself

In his last line of the speech Henry demonstrates how passionate he is about his freedom. He says “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” He is conveying the severity of issue, he would rather die than be ruled by Britain. After giving his speech he is sarcastic when saying “I do not know what course others may take.” He says this after giving a highly persuasive speech on why War with Britain is the only

In Patrick henry’s Speech at the Virginia Convention, he sought to get his opinion across to the colonists. In this speech Patrick Henry tries to persuade the colonists to declare war against the British. Patrick Henry uses appeals of shared values, facts and data, and figurative language to entice the colonists to join the fight for independence.

Many people are quick to jump to conclusions on people 's personalities due to their appearance and their backstories. The townspeople of Hillsboro made assumptions of Henry Drummond by saying that he is a horrible agnostic, they even call him “the devil” and they want to restrict him from entering the town just because of the stories they hear about him. In Lawrence and Lee 's Inherit The Wind it is shown that Henry is actually a praiseworthy character throughout the play even though the townspeople labeled him as a terrible person. Throughout the play, all his motives had intelligence behind it, he is considerate to Bertram Cates and gives Bertram a sense of pride and hope, and Henry shows respect and stands up for Matthew Harrison Brady even though he is his opponent.

techniques such as repetition and rhetorical questions to interrogate the motives of the British and to reason why the colonies should declare their independence despite the consequences. In Henry’s speech, he uses repetition to address that war is inevitable to show how they must fight in order to achieve their goals as a nation and to prove that the colonists will not be alone over the course of the battle. In Henry’s speech he includes, “The war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!” By this quote, Henry is saying that the colonists have already gone so far and worked so hard to give up now. Also, he is saying that if they give up, they

“Shall we try argument,” (Henry 101). This quote proves that the common people shouldn’t attempt to create a dispute between themselves & Britain. He said this because he didn’t want things to get more worse than they already were. Secondly, he also used a rhetorical question when he said, “Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation,” (Henry 101). This quote also shows how it’s obvious that we need to fight for what is right. It wasn’t a matter of if, but when. Lastly, he used a rhetorical question when he said, “But when shall we be stronger,” (Henry 101).

Before his speech people didn't want anything to do with war and they were going to live by peace as slaves then to speak up for their freedom, Henry's speech helped encourage people into believing that's not the way to live anymore. He structured his speech so well off ethos, pathos, and logos that he won the people over and was able to change America. He helped gain people's freedom by just a little push. Patrick Henry used his words to show emotion but also to his advantage, and that how he helped gain the people into going to

Henry wants the audience to know that if we don't act now and go to war against Britain that we won't have freedom for much longer. That is why he used the rhetorical appeals in his speech because he wants the audience to know how he feels and how they should feel toward the colonists as much as

Henry appeals to pathos here because he emotionally describes how there is no other choice but to go to war and fight the British. He feels retreating to the British would only result in slavery, and not grant the colonies their freedom. He uses an onomatopoeia to create imagery to the people as if they are locked up, and he lets them know just how great and negative impact a retreat would have on the colonies, thus creating an emotional appeal.

Henry makes it clear that he knows England has betrayed the colonist. He also knows that something needs to be done about this. Henry says, “to be betrayed with a kiss.” (paragraph 3) The meaning of this quote shows that England has tried to betray the colonist in a nonviolent way to try to keep the colonist on their side, but Henry won’t let that happen. England has attempted to betray the colonist without looking like the bad guy. This is why Henry used that allusion. Another thing that Henry says that proves Henry feels like England has betrayed them is when he said, “...are fleets and armies necessary?” (paragraph 3) In this quote it is shown that Henry feels like England didn’t need fleets and armies to get done what they wanted done and it just wasn’t something that they even needed. Saying something like this would make his listeners really think about if England really did need armies. Then they would see that it was not necessary for England to have fleets are armies. Both of these quotes prove that Henry uses England betraying the colonist as a way of his audience to get a good understanding of what he is saying.

While the regiment managed to fend off another attack, they may have lost soldiers. Henry worried for himself above all and worried that whether if he stayed or not he would still die, regardless of the result of the battle. After the adrenaline rush of the first attack Henry came to his senses and feared for his life, knowing full well his chances of surviving another attack would be low. Especially now that he was caught off guard and was more scared than the first battle. Despite knowing his regiment might survive he was sure he wouldn 't and ran away to save his own life.

Henry’s temper is hard for him to control because he is sometimes faced with situations when he cannot distinguish between King Henry and friend Henry. This duality, paired with the duality that is being a king is an obvious cause for confusion and rage. Henry had such a strong bond with his old friends, that when his new friends were so quick to betray him he was deeply hurt.

Cranes let us in on how Henry felt after a battle and the change of thought that he had developed he refers to his spirit and religion-mad. He tells us that he was capable of profound sacrifices even causing a tremendous death. He now referred bullets as things that could prevent him from getting to his destiny. He thinks of this with a flash of joy within him. (Crane,