Red Badge Of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, is a good representation of what it was like to join the war in the past and some that also apply to people joining the war today such as Henry’s mother being sad, seriousness of guns and war, and people not coming back the same as they did when they left. Henry was very young when he wanted to join the war and knew nothing about the war. Stephen Crane wrote this book not knowing what life would be like now and how different it is now. Now days we have much more advanced ways of communicating what the war is really like. War now days lasts longer than Henry’s war that only lasted four days. We also have much better machines for the war and many more kinds of guns and tanks. When Henry went to the

She said “When he had stood in the doorway with his soldier’s clothes on his back, and with the light of excitement and expectancy in his eyes almost defeating the glow of regret for the home bonds, he had seen two tears leaving their trails on his mother's scarred cheeks.” (4). Henry's mother was very saddened that he had joined the war ,but Henry did not look back at the moment to think about why. 180,000 teens join the army these days leaving their families not knowing when they would see them again. The Red Badge of Courage is a good book that portrays how sad it makes the families that the soldiers leave behind. Henry did not know why his mother was so against him joining the army because he did not know what lies before him in joining the army. Now days that we have media and ways of knowing what the war is really like people underestimate the war much less. These days we have numerous ways of knowing how the war is going and what the war is really like; Henry did not have that luxury. The war did not only have an effect on Henry ,but it also had an effect on his mother. She never even wanted

Some people go insane during the war and die because of going insane. The “tattered man” in The Red Badge of Courage is a good example of someone going insane. “The youth looking at him, could see that he, too, like that other one, was beginning to act dumb and animal-like” (46). Going to the war can be traumatic and frightening for many people and they come back home remembering every moment of the war. The soldiers that get to come back can’t forget what happened to their fellow soldiers who did not make it back home. 30% of vets that get to come home have Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder when they come home and are treated in the hospitals. Even soldiers who don't get injured still have PTSD and it proves that the war is really no joke and should not be taken lightly. Also, after the war, Henry goes through much self-reflection when he finishes with the war. “He understood then that the existence of shot and countershot was in the past. He had dwelt in a land of strange, squalling upheavals and had come forth. He had been where there was red of blood and black passion, and he was escaped. His first thoughts were given to rejoicings at this fact.” (98). The war was now finished and Henry would never forget what he went through ,but he was forever changed inside by the