The Red Badge of courage starts off by introducing readers to the main character, a young man named Henry Flemmings. Henry, being an impulsive teenager, decides to enlist in the Union army in order to fight the south during the Civil War to prove that he is a strong and brave man. Throughout his training henry is eager to go into battle to prove himself, however this feeling does not last long once he is faced with the immediate danger of battle. During Henrys first battle he becomes very nervous and fearful that he might die so he decides to run away from the battle. After a while Henry decides to come back to find many soldiers wounded. Henry starts talking to these wounded men, but once they start asking questions about why Henry is in the
