The story “The Red Badge of Courage” by John Hustson and the slave narative “Incedents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Herriet Jacobs share the theme of courage. This theme is shown in different ways in each story. The main characters in these two narratives gain the same theme of courage in different ways though adversity. While living different lives Harriet Jacobs and Henry Flemming both learned to be courageous in order to make it through situations they faced. Harriet Jacobs had to gain the courage to escape slavery and better her life. Jacobs was born into slavery. Her owner Mr. Flint made her live in their house because they were scared she would try to escape if she lived in the slave quarters. Little did her owner know she was slowly …show more content…
She showed her true level of courage the night she left knowing her grandmother was trying to buy her and her children. After she left her grandmothers she knew she needed to continue without the help of others because she would put herself and her family at great risk. The fact that she left on her own with little to no help from others shows that she had great courage to get what she deserved as a person that was educated and had the ability to work. Along with her gaining and showing a high level of courage, she showed that she was not going to let her fear to control her. Though she never fought in a war she showed her high level of courage by fighting another type of battle. Henry Fleming gained courage not through escaping an awful situation but through facing his fears on the battlefield. Henry arrives at his camp after enlisting in the army. He then begins to wonder if heroism and fear can live together. This is seen in the first battle how much he was questioning if heroism and fear could coexist. As shown Fleming ran away from the first battle and showed himself that though he was not excited like some of the other men for …show more content…
Had Henry continued to let his fear of the battle control him, he would have never gained the level of courage shown in the story. Henry's gaining of courage is also what led him to become a war hero in the eyes of his fellow soldiers. Jacobs and Fleming lived very different lives, facing different types of adversity, yet they still had to gain a high level of courage to achieve their goal. Jacobs' goal was freedom from slavery and Fleming’s goal was to be a hero. Flemming showed his growth in courage on the battlefield, while Jacobs showed her growth by continuing her plan to escape slavery. The type of courage needed was not the same for them. The type of courage required for Fleming is the kind that most people think of when the word is talked about. He needed to have not only moral courage but also physical courage. Jacobs needed to not only have physical and moral courage but also social courage because there was no way of knowing if she would be welcome into society if she made it to the north. Lastly, Fleming and Jacobs started with similar levels of courage and grew to a much higher level by the end of their stories. Considering all aforementioned Fleming and Jacobs faced different types of
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier enlistee in the novel The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. Henry goes through many events while away in battle. Some of these make him stronger and others make him weaker. All of these events and encounters changed Henry in some way. As the novel progresses, Henry’s character continues to change and the reader sees many different sides of him.
This is the thoughts of himself and his choices he’s made. The war is also a feature of naturalism. It is a bigger force then man. All three of these characteristics make up the entire story of “The Red Badge of Courage”. It is realistic, determined, and natural.
Courage Within The short film The Red Badge of Courage by screenwriter John Huston and the short story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by author Harriet Jacobs both illustrate courageous situations. Both Huston and Jacobs used the main character to demonstrate these courageous acts. Huston used Henry, a union soldier, to explain the courage required during war. Jacobs used a different approach by using Linda, a mixed female slave, to display courage during repression.
During life everyone makes mistakes and will get a chance to redeem themselves. In the passage “Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs and The Red Badge of Courage by John Hutson both have different themes throughout them. The different ones that stick out are coming of age, courage, and responsibilities. There is one more theme that stands out to me the most between the both of them. Redemption shows up alot in both of them and you can compare them better with this.
The Red Badge of Courage is a story about bravery and integrity. Just
Next both “Life of Frederick Douglass” and The Red badge of Courage show a common theme of mental courage. Finally both of the stories have the same recurring theme of courage and how Henery or Frederick had to overcome the fears they had. In the slave narrative “Life of Frederick Douglass”
To find courage during tough times people have to believe in themselves. Courage will lead individuals to take action against discrimination. One specific example that supports this theme is how on Page 198-199 Henry was displaying courage to run through bullets and bombs to get to every soldier. When Henry had
The text “ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass and the movie The Red Badge of Courage by Screenwriter John Huston, both focus on content related to the civil war/slavery and how it changed people. Both writers aim to show the theme of courage and identify that courage is not an attribute shown by all and not easily performed. The two pieces of work exemplify courage through physical actions, as well as, mental challenges. Physical courage, profoundly shown by Frederick in the text, “ Narrative of the
Now she is faced with a dire situation, having to take the mantle of her father and fight for freedom of expression. It is clear that courage is a very powerful trait that often allows people to do the impossible, as shown through
All Sarah ’s life she was taught that slaves are not equal to whites, but she still fought for them. She stood up to anyone that was against her even her family. Sarah went out way of her and sacrificed things to save others. Throughout the novel courage helps the characters get through difficult situations.
In these stories, the characters of Henry Fleming and Frederick Douglas take on the harsh realities of war and slavery. In The Red Badge of Courage by John Huston and Slave Narrative, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas” by Frederick Douglas, both
Courage is displayed by determination and manhood throughout The Red Badge of Courage and Frederick Douglass’s slave narrative. Courageousness strongly describes both Henry Fleming
There have been many wars in American history, some for independence and some for others; however, freedom is worth fighting or dying for. The text, “ Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass, an American slave” by Fredrick Douglass visualizes the freedom he fights for from his owner. Douglass provided readers with firsthand accounts of the suffering, brutality, and humiliation experienced by slaves in his narrative. John Huston, the screenwriter of the film, The Red Badge of Courage is a classic story of a young man’s battle with dread in the face of war’s reality. Henry Flemming, the main character, depicts the horror of combat as well as shows courage.
In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout, Calpurnia, and Atticus stand out when courage comes to mind. These characters show courage in many unique ways with different situations. In the early 1930s, in the deep south, racial discrimination was a huge conflict, for example, the Jim Crows Laws were in play, and it legalized segregation between blacks and whites. Courage isn’t always shown in situations, but simply throughout growing up.
In the book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, shows many examples of Charlotte being brave and her brave moments in the book. Charlotte makes many brave choices throughout the story that put an effect on the chapters and the book. In the story, The True confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi, shows an example of bravery is key on page 14, it says, “ The second mate informed me that the one family sent word that they could not reach Liverpool in time. The other family has a seriously ill child.”