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Summary: A very deep look it something small, yet large at heart!!
Review: For those of you youngens who can not handle the true essince of a book I suggest you read something else. To me this book brought the feeling of war and all the tragedies and loses with it, to life! Crane is a very intelectual writer. Its a pity that he was not recognized earlier. I found the book very fulfilling, despite the book dose not relate to every day life a whole lot, but that is the point of a good book, to take you away.
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Summary: Look for statements on war, not enjoyability
Review: Yes, another work by Stephen Crane. We have been required to read both Maggie, a girl of the steets and The Red Badge of Courage for our 11th grade english class. Although these works offer interesting views on crane's naturalistic views of life, they are not enjoyable or exciting. This isn't saying that they are bad books, but they don't seem very interseting to an 11th grader who just want's to get a degree in computer programming. I'm not going to attack the book, because i'm assuming it just wasn't my kind of literature. I did find the book interesting, but when we were required to write a several page essay on how Henry "became a man" I was instantly turned off and was struggling to just understand the how to put the book's psychology in an essay. I know that some people read for enjoyment, but if you aren't out of college STICK WITH MICHAEL CRICHTON oh, and that's assuming that you have the time. This story was quite tedious and frustrating. (BUT IMAGINE WRITING A FORMAL ANALYSIS ESSAY ON IT!) If you are under 20 and don't plan on having a major in English, this book is probably not for you.
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Summary: It was extremely boring and very hard to keep up with.
Review: It was extremely boring and very hard to keep up with, since I personally had no real interest in the book anyway. I am a 12th grader that has to read this 8th grader literature material. I couldn't even get into the book if I tried
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Summary: Boring but interesting
Review: I read this book in 5th grade and it is so boring but i only like the parts when the people die because that's the cool part. I recommend this book for people older than me and like when theres war
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Summary: Weird Uh?!
Review: I'm in the 8th grade and have to read this book for English class and I thought it was stupid but, Stephan Crane is an awesome writer! He wrote the book in 1895 way after the Civil War he writes like he is Henry and thats called physchology, and physchology was not even invented yet!! How 'bout that! Wierd uh? It was not my favorite book but was kind of interesting.
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Summary: This was a well written book and i liked it
Review: I think this was a really good book but it was a little hard for me to understand the conceept of the book as a 7th grade student. The author did a great job in showing what it was like and what soldiers had to go through. I would recommend this book to maybe a little older than middle school if you want to have a book that moves you inside.
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Summary: Sorta Kinda Almost OK
Review: This book was good, but really a waste of time with so many better works out there.
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Summary: Horribly Booooorrring!!!!!
Review: I'm in the 10th grade and I was assigned to read this book and it was horrible. I can't understand why the school systems and the states don't let us read more interesting books, books we can actually relate to. It was extremely hard to read and I don't recomend this book to anyone!
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Summary: Vivid, a wonderful portrait of the period
Review: The Red Badge is a solid story about a young man named Henry who goes off to fight in the civil war. Most of the book deals with Henry's moral dillemmas, whether he should run away from the war or whether he should stay and fight. He does eventually run off but after returning leads the soldiers into battle doing a fine job of it.The book tackles the moral questions of war excellently. There ere several excellent passages that vividly describe some of Henry's deciding factors like when his friend dies in front of him. Although the book is overall a solid read there are several problems. The description of war: I heard that this book made you feel like you were there. Well I can say that the descriptions are not that great. There are almost no descriptions of the violence at all and anytime a battle occurs, it takes up a page with only broad details. I understand that in American schools they make kids read this. I doubt that's wise just because there are many better classics out there. The language may be difficult but it's not that difficult. The book is also short and too the point. Well worth reading but not the best book ever. Read Balzac if you want the best.
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Summary: This is literature?
Review: I usually don't post many negative reviews, but hey, if we only post happycheerful responses, where's the feedback? I quite thoroughly despised this book, as much as I've hated anything in a long time. The main character is a jerk set up to look like a developing hero, only the development is shallow and unlikable. The sudden enlightenment at the end is even worse -- my response was not only a general "yeah, right," but a "man, did The Youth die and was replaced by some alien presence?" The only good aspect of this book was that I got to write a really scathing paper on it for English, which is always fun. Suffice it to say, I didn't like it. However, I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it, because it's an acknowledged American classic, so SOMEONE out there must like it -- there must be some merit to it, it just didn't appeal to me.
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