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    The Red Badge of Courage Kelsey Christian The book The Red Badge of Courage was a very moving and interesting book that has many examples of the literary devices; irony‚ motif‚ and metaphor. These three things are very important in many forms of writing. Irony is an outcome of events different to what was or might have been expected. Motif is a recurring theme‚ symbol‚ or idea in artistic or literary work. An extended metaphor is the comparison of one thing to another that recurs throughout the

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    Western Civilization III February 15th‚ 2013 The Red Badge of Courage From the first page‚ The Red Badge of Courage‚ the main character‚ Henry‚ has preconceived ideals of war‚ that lead him to believe that “it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.” Henry enlists in the service because of the “newspapers‚ the village gossip” and his own idealistic images about what war will be. Henry joins the war not because he believes in the war‚ and not because of some sense of family

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    The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage‚ combines realism and naturalism to depict the deadly confrontation of men in war. The use of these traits uniquely exhibits Crane’s talent to express characters‚ to describe setting‚ and to create a theme. The use of naturalism is quite dominant‚ but realism is also present and used to great effect. Realism is a common trait shared by all of the characters. The figures in this novel are perceived to be believable

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    Passage From The Red Badge of Courage In this short passage from the Red Badge of Courage‚ Samuel Crane uses many literary devices to make the text seem to jump out at the readers. He uses much auditory and visual imagery in order to make his words seem more life-like. "The splitting crashes swept along the lines until an interminable roar was developed. To those in the midst of it‚ it became a din fitted to the universe. It was the whirring and thumping of gigantic machinery‚ complications

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    focused mainly on two aspects‚ war and slavery. These aspects of life brought about many incredible and touching stories‚ giving us insight to the life of that era. One of the wonderful authors of the time was Stephen Crane‚ with his story The Red Badge of Courage. Prior to the war was another eminent author‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe with her story‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Civil War was fought mainly over differing opinions on slavery. It was a trying time in the United States‚ as the U.S. was divided into

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    The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage‚ written by Stephen Crane‚ is a story of a young man by the name of Henry Fleming who has to deal face to face with his definition of courage while fighting in battle during the Civil War. Throughout the book Henry’s view of courage‚ honor‚ and what it means to be a man‚ change when his innocence and inexperience with being a soldier quickly fade away. This young soldier learns to think outside the realms of his self-interest‚ and develops a better

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    To a naturalist writer‚ generally the controlling force of fate is the environment while life is usually the dull round of daily existence. In Stephan Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage‚” Henry fights the war right alongside nature. Crane places the reader squarely in the sphere of realism portraying life as it is. Naturalistic views in parts of the novel helped contribute to the overall theme of the Universe’s disregard for human life. Henry’s realization that the natural world spins on regardless

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    do if something traumatic happened to us‚ and we all would like to think we’d do the brave thing. When looking danger in dead on it is either all about saving yourself or putting your life on the line to save someone else. In the story the Red Badge of Courage Henry was faced with the fight or flight response. When Henry was at the first battle Henry realized he had bit off more than he could chew. When you join the military you would think it’s for all the right reasons. Being what they call a

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    Henry Fleming and The red Badge of Courage The main character of this book is Henry Fleming‚ mostly referred to as The Youth or Youth. The Youth has dark‚ curly brown hair also; he is a young teenager and is average height when compared to the Tall Soldier. Henry is insecure because he is going through a difficult stage between being a "man" and being a "boy". Henry can’t wait to get to war when he signs up but during the book Henry learns that war has a lot of affects on people

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    Color Imagery in The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane uses color imagery and color symbols in The Red Badge of Courage. Green represents youth‚ red is a symbol of Henry Fleming ’s mental visions of battle‚ and gray is used as a symbol for death. The colors are subtle representations of emotion‚ character‚ and one ’s perception of events. "As the landscape changed from brown to green‚ the army awakened‚ and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors" (Crane 368). Like

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