At the moment Henry thought that it was the right choice to fight for the independence, although getting independence seemed highly impossible. Yet he fought because life without liberty was no way to live. He thought there was no point of living a life where we are being governed by other people. We cannot do things per our will. We would have to follow others’ rules and regulations on how we should live a life.
I think Henry’s views on whether or not to declare war against the British are entirely justified. Throughout history, there
Henry fought against Lord Dunmore , who ordered all the gunpowder taken away from local patriot forces. He believes that fighting for ones freedom is a great responsibility of God and their country, he aligns God on their side of the colonists. The outcome would have been different if henry wouldn’t have announced his meaningful speech , war would haven’t happened
The excerpt we read from Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage and Yusef Komunyakaa's poem camouflaging the Chimera have some similarities and differences apart from them being decades apart. Some of the similarities and differences between the two works include themes, language, and genre. The themes of the works are very different because in Crane's piece the theme is about one young soldier who wants to be remembered after the civil war as war hero and eventually have a statue built in his honor. In Komunyakaa's piece the point of view of a whole group of soldiers.
In the beginning of the story Henrys doubt and struggle to find courage seriously affects his faith in himself. He joined the army because he was drawn to the glory of military conflict; considering war a sort of accessory. In the book it states, “He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and he had longed to see it all.
Many books have been banned in the past including The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane. This novel follows a young man named Henry Fleming in his first battle of the Civil War. He internally clashes with the idea if he should stay and fight in the battle or if he should run away from the battlefield. Once the Confederates charged for a second time, Henry chose to run away from the battle which he soon regretted and he wished "he had a bloody bandage, a Red Badge of Courage"("Florida Officials Yield On Book Ban"). After he ran away from the battle he became obsessed with fighting in the war.
The reason Henry reacts that way becasue he didn't want to look bad in front of his regiment. He also felt like he was a cog in a machine when he was fighting in the first battle. He flees in the second battle since he thought that they were going to lose the battle. He also didn't feel like he was ready for a second battle. He decided to flee when he saw his men running out of their lines and fleeing away from the battle.
He hid because he was scared of them he didn't know what they were doing. Until it became clearer. Henry ran the second battle because he lost all courage.
This is incorrect because Henry made choices that reflect on him in the end. Henry shows this when, “As he perceived this fact it occurred to him that he had never wished to come to the war. He had not enlisted of his free will. He had been dragged by the merciless government. And now they were taking him out to be slaughtered” (Crane 22).
After he ran away from the first engagement with Confederate, he found a wounded soldier, who was in the wood. A wounded guy wanted Henry to stay with him because he does not want to die alone, but Henry just abandoned him because he was afraid of being caught running away, and He learned what is the real war after met the tattered soldier. However, these horrible happened taught Henry about what is the real war, and he is not a teenager
After WWII and during the cold war the fear of a nuclear conflict helped to raise the crusade of the second red scare that was also known as McCarthyism (Schultz, 2013). The campaign was built on the concept of fighting against communism within the United States. However, this movement extended its influence by lessening civil rights and ending the political warfare for any and all groups or individuals no matter their position. President Truman fearful of allegations that there were communists within the US government, implemented the process of investigating the background of all public employees and would not hire anyone that was deemed a security risk. Another fear was the concern of the government being overthrown, and Senator Joseph
When it comes to Henry’s speech, he uses pathos to question the everyday norms which people would blindly follow, stating “We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts” (Henry 2). Explaining that most will ignore what is true, in favor of simplicity and the safety of not questioning what could be wrong but instead only caring about what they are told is wrong or right, is it morally correct to blindly follow? Or is it truly morally correct to question and point out what most would ignore, he also goes on to say “Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?” which further the idea in the previous sentence, forcing the listeners to question not only their morals but the morals of their government, is it better to be safe than sorry or is it better to fight for what should be? This mixed with his constant mention of God furthers the morality aspect of his
Jim is being constantly attacked by his surroundings, which in tale leads to his end result of his change in character. “… after all, it was only a dead man. He (Jim) had stopped being afraid of the dead.” (pg. 88). The transformation of Jim’s character is so great.
Will the decision to turn the $2 million dollars over to the George Steinbrenner be beneficial or will donating it to a charitable foundation be better suited? This is the question we were faced with when reading on the concept of Utilitarianism. This question can be answered either way, but most importantly this concept allows us to make those decisions and determine the positive and negative outcomes of our moral conscience. With any decision in life there will be positive and negative outcomes such as: studying or not studying, blowing people off, or a difficult decision as a Commanding Officer in the Navy or Marine Corps.
Henry’s flawed nature and inner desire to be morally upright are revealed as he escapes the battle and as he justifies himself
