The Red Badge Of Courage Analysis

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1. Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage with a different perspective. He decided to tell the story of war with the stark reality of how horrible it can be rather than from the perspective of honor. Writers had written books about war depicting the romantic side, where men would join the forces for the reasons of honor and courage, and to protect their families. They would write how all those around them would put them up on a pedestal and recognize them all as heroes. Crane, on the other hand, brought out the stark reality of how family members truly felt about their men going off to war - how they hated them leaving them alone and how they begrudged them for joining the military. He depicted war as it was: a harsh and horrible experience for …show more content…

I barely got any sleep because I knew today was going to be a day that would change the course of my life forever. I had high hopes for the day. I got up and showered and dressed and waited in the hallway with the other recruits as we all stood side by side to get ready to go through the day of tests to determine what we would do to become a marine in the United States Marine Corps. As our captain led us to our first task, a classroom with small desks, we all sat down and waited as papers were passed out to fill out and begin the process. After what seemed like a ream of paperwork to be filled out, we finally were able to go to the next step. We moved then in a straight line to the medical department where they would either qualify or disqualify some of us. As we were led into a room to have our blood drawn, we sat in chairs and the nurses took us one by one. I watched as one potential soldier passed out and was sent home, disqualified. I went through my test and moved to the next station and watched as so many of the men and women I started with that morning were sent away. My tension and nervousness increased through each obstacle until finally the ones of us that were left were sent into a waiting room. We finally completed all the testing for the day and we were now waiting for our swearing in. This was probably the most pivotal moment of my life and I couldn't wait to move on to the next step where I would go off to bootcamp and represent my