Stephen Crane's The Red Badge Of Courage

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage was a revolutionary piece of art written in the late 1800s. Crane’s work on the novel brought about a completely new and versatile way of writing. He had never served in the war, nor did he ever have experience with the war but he recreated it with his imagination. Stephen Crane was an exceptionally great writer and has written many great poems, novels and short stories. Crane did not have the most respect at first from the United States for his writings but due to their fame in Europe he became much more popular. What made Stephen Crane’s writings stick out the most was his different perspective on the war. Most the authors of his times were romantics when it came to depicting war. However Crane used realism, naturalism and an immense amount of imagery to display his own view on war. Many authors would use experience to depict the glory of war, Crane used his imagination to create his own work base …show more content…
Fear can be a life changing emotion depending on how the person acts on it. It could be negative, or it could be positive but fear will always change a person. This novel follows the life of a young private. In the beginning the boy is full of excitement and has been dreaming of the glory of war. When he gets into battle all of those dreams fall apart. The young private soon becomes disenchanted by the reality of war. He is overcome by fear and flees in battle. The Red Badge of Courage was Crane’s most permanent work and is still present and applicable in the world today. The novel was published in 1895. Originally the novel was not well acknowledged in the United States. However, the novel was a colossal hit in England and its popularity later spread to the U.S. Crane uses his personal experiences to channel the fear and reality into all aspects of The Red Badge of