The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest American novels written by Stephen
Crane. Unfortunately, this book was banned due to its excessive violence and the enmity that the author has towards soldiers. “The Red Badge of Courage in 1895. Regardless, the book is considered one of the most accurate portrayals of the physical and psychological effects of intense battle.” (Shmoop) What the author is trying to make the reader understand is that in war you either be a coward and run for your life or stay in the battle zone where your chances of survival are below minimum.
“One of America's most influential realist writers, Stephen Crane, born in New Jersey on
November 1, 1871, produced works that have been credited with establishing the foundations …show more content…
Even Thought the Red Badge of Courage is one of America greatest novels, it is banned for academic purposes. Meaning that students are not allowed to read this book under teacher’s orders. The novel was banned for three main reasons it was too violent, the author was to
Mena 3 inexperience to write what he did and the enmity towards soldiers. The Red Badge of Courage was very graphic, showed war in numerous ways that could be offensive and it showed death in ways people saw as offensive and inappropriate for kids and teens. Parents challenged this book because they did not wanted for their kid to read a book that could change their views and give them wrong ideas that could influence their future.
As Chowder said it is a mistake to look this book as an antiwar novel. The author does demonstrate war in a horrific way but to be realistic there is no way war can be sweet-talked no matter in which team the individual is, there is going to be death, huge amount of casualties, blood everywhere. Some people accused Crane for writing war like that where he was not even a soldier, but he did had a huge amount of stories from
Crane. Unfortunately, this book was banned due to its excessive violence and the enmity that the author has towards soldiers. “The Red Badge of Courage in 1895. Regardless, the book is considered one of the most accurate portrayals of the physical and psychological effects of intense battle.” (Shmoop) What the author is trying to make the reader understand is that in war you either be a coward and run for your life or stay in the battle zone where your chances of survival are below minimum.
“One of America's most influential realist writers, Stephen Crane, born in New Jersey on
November 1, 1871, produced works that have been credited with establishing the foundations …show more content…
Even Thought the Red Badge of Courage is one of America greatest novels, it is banned for academic purposes. Meaning that students are not allowed to read this book under teacher’s orders. The novel was banned for three main reasons it was too violent, the author was to
Mena 3 inexperience to write what he did and the enmity towards soldiers. The Red Badge of Courage was very graphic, showed war in numerous ways that could be offensive and it showed death in ways people saw as offensive and inappropriate for kids and teens. Parents challenged this book because they did not wanted for their kid to read a book that could change their views and give them wrong ideas that could influence their future.
As Chowder said it is a mistake to look this book as an antiwar novel. The author does demonstrate war in a horrific way but to be realistic there is no way war can be sweet-talked no matter in which team the individual is, there is going to be death, huge amount of casualties, blood everywhere. Some people accused Crane for writing war like that where he was not even a soldier, but he did had a huge amount of stories from