Peyton Riley
Mr. Hyde
English II Pre-AP, Period 1
December 23rd, 2015
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane The story takes place during the civil war and begins in an army camp near a river in which I assume is a forest of some sort where a soldier who was washing his shirt in the river frantically came running back to the camp where exclaims he has heard a rumor that their regiment will move into battle the next day. One of the soldiers calls him out as a liar, from which a heated debate is sparked and a young boy named Henry Fleming listens to the entire conversation. The story then goes into a sort of brief flashback of where Henry first enlists and the reactions of the people and places he goes to get to this point. It then goes back …show more content…
When Henry returned to the camp they did not think Henry had fled but instead was simply knocked out by a shell because of the wound on Henry’s head from the soldier. The regiment is soon pushed into a forest where they are to wait for battle and when it does start Henry fights as hard as he can while refusing to retreat for anything. After the battle people look up to Henry as being ferocious in battle and described as a …show more content…
One thing that Henry overhears is that the regiment that Henry is in is not needed as they fight like “mule drivers”. In the next battle the regiment charges and the men are pounded by bullets. The color sergeant holding their regiment’s flag is killed and Henry and Wilson go to take the flag and continue the charge. Henry encourages the regiment to fight as the enemy begins their retreat and in this small victory the spirits of the entire regiment are uplifted. But later on when they returned to camp the same officer who called his regiment “mule drivers” now calls them “mud diggers” for their apparently poor behavior but Henry and Wilson are called out to be the best fighters in the regiment which enormously boosts both of their confidences.
In the next battle, Henry continues his notion of not retreating while the rest of the regiment thins out very quickly. Henry then sees an opportunity to take the enemy’s flag and he goes for it. Henry takes the enemy flag out of the bearer’s dying hands and the regiment also takes four prisoners with them. At last, while Henry is walking through the forest he is able to realize his deeds and is able to put his guilt about himself being a coward behind him and feels he has become a new
Mr. Hyde
English II Pre-AP, Period 1
December 23rd, 2015
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane The story takes place during the civil war and begins in an army camp near a river in which I assume is a forest of some sort where a soldier who was washing his shirt in the river frantically came running back to the camp where exclaims he has heard a rumor that their regiment will move into battle the next day. One of the soldiers calls him out as a liar, from which a heated debate is sparked and a young boy named Henry Fleming listens to the entire conversation. The story then goes into a sort of brief flashback of where Henry first enlists and the reactions of the people and places he goes to get to this point. It then goes back …show more content…
When Henry returned to the camp they did not think Henry had fled but instead was simply knocked out by a shell because of the wound on Henry’s head from the soldier. The regiment is soon pushed into a forest where they are to wait for battle and when it does start Henry fights as hard as he can while refusing to retreat for anything. After the battle people look up to Henry as being ferocious in battle and described as a …show more content…
One thing that Henry overhears is that the regiment that Henry is in is not needed as they fight like “mule drivers”. In the next battle the regiment charges and the men are pounded by bullets. The color sergeant holding their regiment’s flag is killed and Henry and Wilson go to take the flag and continue the charge. Henry encourages the regiment to fight as the enemy begins their retreat and in this small victory the spirits of the entire regiment are uplifted. But later on when they returned to camp the same officer who called his regiment “mule drivers” now calls them “mud diggers” for their apparently poor behavior but Henry and Wilson are called out to be the best fighters in the regiment which enormously boosts both of their confidences.
In the next battle, Henry continues his notion of not retreating while the rest of the regiment thins out very quickly. Henry then sees an opportunity to take the enemy’s flag and he goes for it. Henry takes the enemy flag out of the bearer’s dying hands and the regiment also takes four prisoners with them. At last, while Henry is walking through the forest he is able to realize his deeds and is able to put his guilt about himself being a coward behind him and feels he has become a new