Name: Derwin
Book Title: The Red Badge of Courage
Author: Stephen Crane
Major Characters with a brief description (add more bullets as necessary):
• Name: Henry Fleming
• Description:
Beginning:
o Fantasizer o Young o Vain o Self-centered o Wild
End:
o Emotional o Tough o Courage o Mature
• Name: Jim Conklin
• Description: o Strong o Self-reliant o Follower o Quiet o Gets the job done
• Name: Wilson
• Description:
Beginning:
o Loud o Arrogant o Young
End:
o Generous o Caring o Mature
Summary of the Plot (one paragraph max):
The story revolves around a youth by the name Henry Fleming. The work follows him going through the Civil War and follows him as he matures into a man from it. The story also goes into his mind during the war. …show more content…
The Reality of War: War is a nasty and cruel thing. It brings out the worst out of all.
Duty: Even though Henry wants to run away, he has a task and has to do …show more content…
It foreshadows the transformation that is about to happen to Henry himself.
• Quote: “At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.” P. 40
• Importance: Henry, at the beginning of the story, just wants to build a reputation. The quote shows it.
• Quote: “He suddenly lost concern for himself, and forgot to look at a menacing fate. He became not a man but a member. He felt that something of which he was a part - a regiment, an army, a cause, or a country--was in crisis. He was welded into a common personality which was dominated by a single desire. For some moments he could not flee no more than a little finger can commit a revolution from a hand.” P. 25
• Importance: Henry steps up to his duty and forgets about himself when he is needed. This shows how concerns change according to certain situations.
MEANING/MESAGE OF THE WORK (1-2
Book Title: The Red Badge of Courage
Author: Stephen Crane
Major Characters with a brief description (add more bullets as necessary):
• Name: Henry Fleming
• Description:
Beginning:
o Fantasizer o Young o Vain o Self-centered o Wild
End:
o Emotional o Tough o Courage o Mature
• Name: Jim Conklin
• Description: o Strong o Self-reliant o Follower o Quiet o Gets the job done
• Name: Wilson
• Description:
Beginning:
o Loud o Arrogant o Young
End:
o Generous o Caring o Mature
Summary of the Plot (one paragraph max):
The story revolves around a youth by the name Henry Fleming. The work follows him going through the Civil War and follows him as he matures into a man from it. The story also goes into his mind during the war. …show more content…
The Reality of War: War is a nasty and cruel thing. It brings out the worst out of all.
Duty: Even though Henry wants to run away, he has a task and has to do …show more content…
It foreshadows the transformation that is about to happen to Henry himself.
• Quote: “At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.” P. 40
• Importance: Henry, at the beginning of the story, just wants to build a reputation. The quote shows it.
• Quote: “He suddenly lost concern for himself, and forgot to look at a menacing fate. He became not a man but a member. He felt that something of which he was a part - a regiment, an army, a cause, or a country--was in crisis. He was welded into a common personality which was dominated by a single desire. For some moments he could not flee no more than a little finger can commit a revolution from a hand.” P. 25
• Importance: Henry steps up to his duty and forgets about himself when he is needed. This shows how concerns change according to certain situations.
MEANING/MESAGE OF THE WORK (1-2