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Similarities Between Red Badge Of Courage And A Mystery Of Heroism

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In literature, there sometimes are many similarities and differences in what the characters feel and what might motivate them. In Stephen Crane’s war novel, Red Badge of Courage and his short-story, A Mystery of Heroism, you can see many similarities between Henry Fleming, from Red Badge of Courage and Fred Collins from A Mystery of Heroism. One similar thing that both feel is that they both experience feeling like a hero. Henry enlists in the army, and while he is on his way to Washington with his regiment, they are “fed and caressed at station after station until the youth, [Henry believes] that he must be a hero” (5). Henry being pampered after enlisting feels like he is a hero because everywhere he goes there are people praising him and
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