The tattered soldier: The tattered solider is a protagonist of this story who has a short, but strong influence. He is a round character as his traits are hard to relate to one another. For example, he is very talkative, especially with unnecessary opinions, and he appears to be compassionate, but crosses the line without thinking. Henry is particularly agitated with the tattered soldier’s direct comments, such as, “I bet yeh’ve got a worser one than yeh think… Where is it located?” (56). He likewise honestly asks Henry because he is worried about him and wants to help him, but his interest unfortunately makes Henry mad and guilty that he runs away. This is the internal conflict that the tattered man often faces because his concern to help
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The story starts with Jim predicting that the regiment will move soon, and Wilson argues that they won’t. Then Henry asks if Jim will run if they fight, and he gives an admiring answer, “if everybody was a-standing and a-fighting, why, I’d stand and fight” (9), later joking that he would probably run away. As Crane reveals Jim’s characteristics through dialogues, he is a flat character who is an experienced and mature soldier who shows no fear and with his good sense of humor soothes others. He is also a stereotyped character— a typical tall, confident, and experienced soldier who is a veteran many comrades look up to. Although however, he unfortunately, he faces the worst obstacle, or an external conflict, in his life when he is mortally wounded from the battle. Henry and the tattered man find him stumbling and wandering into a field like he is ready to meet death. As they follow him, trying to bring him back, Jim drops dead. His courageous attitude of accepting death portrays himself as a static character who, once again, proves that he is surely a mature veteran even until his death. In addition, Jim’s death has a meaningful function because it set an example for Henry to learn this is the proper way to face the world and unavoidable death. (263
The story starts with Jim predicting that the regiment will move soon, and Wilson argues that they won’t. Then Henry asks if Jim will run if they fight, and he gives an admiring answer, “if everybody was a-standing and a-fighting, why, I’d stand and fight” (9), later joking that he would probably run away. As Crane reveals Jim’s characteristics through dialogues, he is a flat character who is an experienced and mature soldier who shows no fear and with his good sense of humor soothes others. He is also a stereotyped character— a typical tall, confident, and experienced soldier who is a veteran many comrades look up to. Although however, he unfortunately, he faces the worst obstacle, or an external conflict, in his life when he is mortally wounded from the battle. Henry and the tattered man find him stumbling and wandering into a field like he is ready to meet death. As they follow him, trying to bring him back, Jim drops dead. His courageous attitude of accepting death portrays himself as a static character who, once again, proves that he is surely a mature veteran even until his death. In addition, Jim’s death has a meaningful function because it set an example for Henry to learn this is the proper way to face the world and unavoidable death. (263