The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 1-3 The back of the book talks about how this book is about the civil war and a young solider having a battle within himself. Now, reading that, you would think that “young solider” would have a name and identity as most main characters do. This book did not give their main character an identity or any description. Throughout the first three chapters, the main character is referred to as the youth. The first chapter includes with the story of how he talked to his mom about entering war, enlisted without her knowing and then her final reaction. Then he goes to fight in the civil war and during his first battle debates on running away from it. Lastly, you see how he does react in his first battle and what he sees during the civil war. One thing I am noticing is the narrator’s description of the nature around him. It seems to slip into the story and somehow relates to it.
The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 4-6 The youth stands while fellow soldiers run towards him away from the enemy. They all were saying different things about the fighting ahead. His regiment was nervous and just froze. It amazes me how the author can again describes things. He describes a bomb exploding vividly and I could picture it in my head. Next, they actually fight and the youth feels as if he became and is part of the regiment. Finally, he woke up, helped his regiment get back together and then fought again. I am still stunned how he slipped in the description of nature in the middle of battle scene description. I’m not going to lie but at this point I really dislike this book. I am reading it on vacation in Myrtle Beach and it might just be that I could be swimming in the ocean or golfing but it is not the best book I have ever read.
The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 7-9 The youth now sees a dead body. This man’s dead eyes stare up at the youth while ants crawl over his face and get dangerously close to his eyes. He ends up running away from the body and battle for fear of the body coming to life and talking to him. He meets up with this group of men who have been injured in the battle he ran away from. He has no wounds and feels out of place in this group. He refers to these wounds the men have as red badges of courage. In this group he meets up with Jim who in the past was called the tall solider. He eventually dies in front of the youth’s eyes while walking. The description of the death is horrible and I didn’t want to write about it because I would have to think about it again. But from the final conversation of Jim and the youth you FINALLY learn the youth’s name at least. No more details then the fact the main character’s name is Henry.
The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 10-12 Again, he is walking with a wounded man in this tattered man regiment. This man tells Henry he has children and other aspects of his life. He also questions Henry about his missing wound given the fact he was the only one without a injury. Henry gets upset and yells at the man to leave him alone and not bother him. He walks away from the group frustrated causing himself to get lost in the woody battlefield. While walking a man found Henry and walked him back to his regiment. This man reminded of a guardian angel. He had a cherry voice, worked with nature to find Henry’s way to his regiment, Henry never saw his face and when he went to thank him for finding his regiment he had disappear from sight. This book has nature reacting and talking. I find it weird but also it allows you to picture things easily.
The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 13-16 Henry walks to his camp and gets his wound tended to. (He had gotten one walking along with the tattered men group. I forgot to mention it.) Then he falls asleep at camp. The next morning his head hurts and the regiment will be fighting again soon. They thought they had lost half of their men but in reality most came back in the night. Henry gives himself credit for not running away wildly but with dignity, which is ironic to me. I think not matter what way you run away it is cowardly. His regiment got put into battle. As they slowly were losing the front of another regiment their own men came in contact with the enemy but the rest of regiment did not move as if connected to stakes. One thing about this book I do not like is that Henry’s actions are not straightforward but mixed in to description and other aspects that just confused me and make me miss some of Henry’s actions.
The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 17-20 At the beginnings of the battle the morning after Henry’s night at the camp, his regiment was losing. Henry got in front and saved the day by becoming a “war devil.” This gave his regiment a victory. Henry and his pal went to get water after the victory for their men. On the way to the creek they were given orders to tell their regiment to charge. The general said, in a nice way, they would mostly be killed in the charge. The regiment charged with Henry in the lead, decided to change directions to get a better advantage. In the end the enemy retreated to the woods. This book has only four chapters left and I cannot tell you how happy I am. I actually am beginning to enjoy it a little bit more. He could have gotten a little better at fighting maybe four chapters earlier but I did not write the book.
The Red Badge of Courage Chapters 21-24 The regiment’s fighting was debated as a good battle or a bad battle. Then news came that Henry and Wilson (the pal that was the “war devil” with Henry”) should be generals because of the great work they did in the charge. The regiment battled again, this time it seemed to be a bad battle. The regiment lost many men. Again the regiment charged the enemy, this time losing. They lost many men by the end of the charge. Henry still felt great and fulfilled with his job he did in the losing battle. It ends with them walking in a line and him smiling. Then it talked about a sunray. I think this shows that throughout the story nature reflected Henry’s feelings. I did not like this book very much I am probably missing something important or not interpreting it right. I guess you could look at his better fighting skills as an inner growth. Also if you looked deeper into the nature relating to Henry I bet I could find many explanations.
Didn't the passage of background information say that Antigone was a victim of Creon's hubris? Some of you are suggesting that Antigone is the tragic hero. Thoughts on that.
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The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 1-3
The back of the book talks about how this book is about the civil war and a young solider having a battle within himself. Now, reading that, you would think that “young solider” would have a name and identity as most main characters do. This book did not give their main character an identity or any description. Throughout the first three chapters, the main character is referred to as the youth. The first chapter includes with the story of how he talked to his mom about entering war, enlisted without her knowing and then her final reaction. Then he goes to fight in the civil war and during his first battle debates on running away from it. Lastly, you see how he does react in his first battle and what he sees during the civil war. One thing I am noticing is the narrator’s description of the nature around him. It seems to slip into the story and somehow relates to it.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 4-6
The youth stands while fellow soldiers run towards him away from the enemy. They all were saying different things about the fighting ahead. His regiment was nervous and just froze. It amazes me how the author can again describes things. He describes a bomb exploding vividly and I could picture it in my head. Next, they actually fight and the youth feels as if he became and is part of the regiment. Finally, he woke up, helped his regiment get back together and then fought again. I am still stunned how he slipped in the description of nature in the middle of battle scene description. I’m not going to lie but at this point I really dislike this book. I am reading it on vacation in Myrtle Beach and it might just be that I could be swimming in the ocean or golfing but it is not the best book I have ever read.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 7-9
The youth now sees a dead body. This man’s dead eyes stare up at the youth while ants crawl over his face and get dangerously close to his eyes. He ends up running away from the body and battle for fear of the body coming to life and talking to him. He meets up with this group of men who have been injured in the battle he ran away from. He has no wounds and feels out of place in this group. He refers to these wounds the men have as red badges of courage. In this group he meets up with Jim who in the past was called the tall solider. He eventually dies in front of the youth’s eyes while walking. The description of the death is horrible and I didn’t want to write about it because I would have to think about it again. But from the final conversation of Jim and the youth you FINALLY learn the youth’s name at least. No more details then the fact the main character’s name is Henry.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 10-12
Again, he is walking with a wounded man in this tattered man regiment. This man tells Henry he has children and other aspects of his life. He also questions Henry about his missing wound given the fact he was the only one without a injury. Henry gets upset and yells at the man to leave him alone and not bother him. He walks away from the group frustrated causing himself to get lost in the woody battlefield. While walking a man found Henry and walked him back to his regiment. This man reminded of a guardian angel. He had a cherry voice, worked with nature to find Henry’s way to his regiment, Henry never saw his face and when he went to thank him for finding his regiment he had disappear from sight. This book has nature reacting and talking. I find it weird but also it allows you to picture things easily.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 13-16
Henry walks to his camp and gets his wound tended to. (He had gotten one walking along with the tattered men group. I forgot to mention it.) Then he falls asleep at camp. The next morning his head hurts and the regiment will be fighting again soon. They thought they had lost half of their men but in reality most came back in the night. Henry gives himself credit for not running away wildly but with dignity, which is ironic to me. I think not matter what way you run away it is cowardly. His regiment got put into battle. As they slowly were losing the front of another regiment their own men came in contact with the enemy but the rest of regiment did not move as if connected to stakes. One thing about this book I do not like is that Henry’s actions are not straightforward but mixed in to description and other aspects that just confused me and make me miss some of Henry’s actions.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 17-20
At the beginnings of the battle the morning after Henry’s night at the camp, his regiment was losing. Henry got in front and saved the day by becoming a “war devil.” This gave his regiment a victory. Henry and his pal went to get water after the victory for their men. On the way to the creek they were given orders to tell their regiment to charge. The general said, in a nice way, they would mostly be killed in the charge. The regiment charged with Henry in the lead, decided to change directions to get a better advantage. In the end the enemy retreated to the woods. This book has only four chapters left and I cannot tell you how happy I am. I actually am beginning to enjoy it a little bit more. He could have gotten a little better at fighting maybe four chapters earlier but I did not write the book.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 21-24
The regiment’s fighting was debated as a good battle or a bad battle. Then news came that Henry and Wilson (the pal that was the “war devil” with Henry”) should be generals because of the great work they did in the charge. The regiment battled again, this time it seemed to be a bad battle. The regiment lost many men. Again the regiment charged the enemy, this time losing. They lost many men by the end of the charge. Henry still felt great and fulfilled with his job he did in the losing battle. It ends with them walking in a line and him smiling. Then it talked about a sunray. I think this shows that throughout the story nature reflected Henry’s feelings. I did not like this book very much I am probably missing something important or not interpreting it right. I guess you could look at his better fighting skills as an inner growth. Also if you looked deeper into the nature relating to Henry I bet I could find many explanations.
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