The Red Badge of Courage One of the most inspirational and moving stories that I’ve ever read is hands down“The Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Crane. The book revolves around the story of Henry Fleming, a teenager who enlists with the Union Army in the hopes of fulfilling his dreams of glory. The story was published on October 5, 1895 and in total is 145 pages long. The book starts off with the Henry deciding whether he should join the military, and eventually he decides in joining. Shortly after, the reality of his decision sets in and it wasn’t immediate glory as he was expecting. As the story continues, Henry engages into battle and his anxiety gets the best of him causing him to run away. He later returns and notices that all his comrades
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When he wrote “The Red Badge of Courage” he had never fought in a war or witnessed an experience like that before. He relied on the powers of his imagination to create such an extraordinary piece of writing. Crane didn’t really have a purpose or reason to write the “Red Badge of Courage”, but it is known that he had always imagined war stories since he was a little boy and his imagination created the novel. Taking this into consideration, I believe that the author wrote this novel for kids. The impression I got from the story was that he was trying to boost kids' self-esteem and help them become more courageous. Moving on, even though I’m not a little kid, I found the novel to be very inspiring and it affected and changed me as a person. The novel motivated me and taught me that I shouldn’t give up when things seem to become difficult and I should just fight the fear that holds me back from doing what I want to accomplish. Before reading the novel I thought that it was alright to give up when you’ve tried your best, but after reading the novel challenged my opinion on that and made me believe that if I’ve tried my best and didn’t hold back I would succeed in what I’m trying to
When he wrote “The Red Badge of Courage” he had never fought in a war or witnessed an experience like that before. He relied on the powers of his imagination to create such an extraordinary piece of writing. Crane didn’t really have a purpose or reason to write the “Red Badge of Courage”, but it is known that he had always imagined war stories since he was a little boy and his imagination created the novel. Taking this into consideration, I believe that the author wrote this novel for kids. The impression I got from the story was that he was trying to boost kids' self-esteem and help them become more courageous. Moving on, even though I’m not a little kid, I found the novel to be very inspiring and it affected and changed me as a person. The novel motivated me and taught me that I shouldn’t give up when things seem to become difficult and I should just fight the fear that holds me back from doing what I want to accomplish. Before reading the novel I thought that it was alright to give up when you’ve tried your best, but after reading the novel challenged my opinion on that and made me believe that if I’ve tried my best and didn’t hold back I would succeed in what I’m trying to