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Summary: What it Takes to be a Soldier
Review: I have been thinking about what it would be like to be fighting in a war; leaving home, family, and friends. The amount of physical and mental strain on your body would be unimaginable. The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, is a book written during the Civil War. Crane presents the meaning of courage through the eyes of a young soldier, Henry Fleming.
Henry Fleming expressed several emotions throughout the book, which correlated to many of the things I would feel. In the beginning he wanted to join the army, but his mother wouldn't allow him. He finally disobeyed her and enlisted. I'm sure my mom would not want me to go either, however if I felt strongly for the cause, I would also leave.
Crane presented the psychological aspects of war to his readers with precise detail and clarity. Before being sent into battle for the first time, most people would wonder if they had enough courage to fight. Henry Fleming constantly struggled with this idea. My favorite part of the book was when Henry threw a pinecone at a squirrel to see if it would take the hit, or run away. After the squirrel ran from the pinecone, he felt justified for running away from the battle.
Although the Civil War was the bloodiest battle in American history, Crane presented the mental struggles more than the physical ones. The Red Badge of Courage expressed many different emotions such as pride, honor, and courage. I strongly recommend this book because of its vivid depiction of the American Civil War. Every young adult should read this book, so they have a better understanding of war.
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Summary: A strong novel about the realities of warfare.
Review: The Red Badge of Courage, written by Stephen Crane, is a fascinating book about a young soldier that first time experiences the realities of warfare. It is a story about the American Civil War, and it contains many interesting themes, such as heroism, courage, and the realities and consequences of war. It is a story of a young soldier, Henry Fleming, that had just enlisted in the army. This young men had always dreamed about war with eagerness, but when Henry sees the harsh realities of war, a great fear encircles him and Henry flees the battle scene. Feeling low and ashamed, the young soldier contemplates on weather he should return to the regiment. Before Henry unites with his army, however, the youth witnesses a ghasty death of his good friend, Jon Conklin. Also, Henry receives a red badge of courage by being struck in the head by a Union soldier. After these two incidents Henry joins his regiment and fights fiercely with courage and bravery to the finish.Overall, this book ia about any new, inexperienced, young soldier and his struggles and development during the American Civil War. The author uses a lot of beautiful imagery, diction, and symbolism to describe Henry's feelings and emotions, as well as describing war itself. This novel also includes a lot of action, but mostly Stephen Crane talks about what is going on in Henry's head. In conclusion, The Red Badge of Courage is a classic, and definitively a book that everyone should read because it gives a very vivid and clear picture of war and it's effect on soldiers that partake in war.
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Summary: Honor & Courage
Review: Dear Readers, Stephens Crane's The Red Badge Of Courage, is a book about Henry Fleming who desires to fight in the Civil War. In his first battle, he flees in terror, but is disappointed in himself. He wants a wound, his own red badge of courage. In his second battle, his regiment charges bravely and thinks they have won. Then the enemy comes back only to get beaten again. Henry redeems himself and grows as a man and learns the values of war.
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Summary: A great book about the Civil War...
Review: The novel, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, is a book full of uncertainty. Means the reader is never sure what the main character is going to do next in the story. The reader never knows how anyone will act from one moment to the next. This gives the whole novel a certain suspense. The story is about a young enlisted soldier named Henry Fleming who goes off to war as a naive boy and returns as a man. It shows the true side of life, because Henry is acting like most young soldiers do in times of war; Henry feels guilty for running away as the battle began, but he just did what his heart told him to do. Stephan Crane wants to show the reader how bad war is, and the message he prevails is very knowledgeable. The whole story is very well written and the reader has no problem understanding what is going on. The book is rich in sensory details and poetic language. I believe, "The Red Badge", to be one of the most real accounts of Civil War I have read. I would say it is definitely one of the great pieces of American literature and I really have to give this book 5 stars for its perfection.
I just want to add that English isn't my first language and I didn't have any trouble reading this book.
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Summary: An enduring classic of war fiction
Review: Stephen Crane's "the Red Badge of Courage" was serialized in 1894 and published in book form the next year. It is one of the greatest achievements of a truly extraordinary American writer. "Red Badge" tells the story of Henry Fleming, a young enlisted soldier in the United States Civil War. "Red Badge" is a powerful story of war told from the viewpoint of a low-ranking enlisted man--a man who is really still just a boy. The book is rich in sensory details and poetic language; actually, the book is an effective complement to Crane's irony-laden, often grim poems. Crane is as much interested in the inner mental states of Henry as he is in the blood and thunder of war. He does an effective job of portraying an altered state of consciousness brought on by combat. Also noteworthy is Crane's representation of American vernacular speech in the dialogue of his characters. "Red Badge" is not a long book, but it is a rich text that invites re-reading on many levels. I recommend the following as companion texts: James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried," and Eve Ensler's "Necessary Targets."
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Summary: A Great Peice of History
Review: The Red Badge of Courage is a great novel putting you in the heart of the civil war. They way he writes the character's dialoged is hard to understand at first but it sound like what they would say in the 1860's. The book is about a boy looking to become a man, but haves troubles along the way like running from his first battle. If you like action, suspense and drama than this book is for you.
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Summary: Another Bad Review
Review: I am not an impatient reader. I'm one of the few people who has read all three volumes of "The Gulag Archipelago." I even managed to complete the dreadful "Turn of the Screw." But I cannot finish this book. "The Red Badge of Courage" is the most put-downable book I have ever attempted to read.
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Summary: A Path To Manhood
Review: The novel, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, is Unpredictable. Which means the reader is never sure what the main character is going to do next in the story. The reader never knows how anyone will act from one moment to the next will they run or fight? The story is about a young enlisted soldier named Henry Fleming who goes off to war as a naive ignorant boy and returns as a man. It shows the true side of life, because Henry is acting like most young soldiers do in times of war; Henry feels guilty for running away as the battle began, but he just did what came natural. Stephan Crane wants to show the reader how bad war is, and the message comes across clear. The whole story is very well written and the reader has no problem understanding what is going on.
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Summary: War time novel
Review: This book is great! It keeps you reading because you never know what is going to happen next the mood of the character is always changing. This boy, Henry Fleming, goes into the army as a boy. He keeps telling himself he won't run during battle and he does in the first one. He struggles through the book to become a man.
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Summary: Review from spellbound Teen
Review: This was a very historaclly accurate book. If you like war books then this is the book for you. This book has a great element of of suspense you never know what is coming next. This is a book for the history buff.
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