Later In The Battle Henry example essay topic

Red Badge of Courage Book Report By: Adam Moore The main point in The Red Badge of Courage is Henry Flemings fear about how he will do in his first in the Civil War. Henry was a young man who lived on a farm with his mother. He dreamed about what fighting in a war would be like, and dreamed of being a hero. He dreamed of the battles of war, and of what it would be like to fight in those glorious battles. His mother was wise and caring. She did not want him togo to war.

She gave him hundreds of reasons on why he was needed on the farm and not in the war. He didn't want to stay in the farm and do nothing, so he enlisted in the military. After joining he found himself, with nothing to do. He became friends with two other soldiers, John Wilson and Jim Conklin. John was an obnoxious soldier, but he becomes one of Henry's best friends. Jim was tall, he was childhood friend of Henry's.

They all were about going to war. They started marching. After a few days Henry realized that they were going around in circles. They just continued marching without a reason. During this time Henry starts to think differently about war.

He becomes scared about running away from a battle. Lieutenant Hasbrouck, a young lieutenant of Henry's regiment was an extremely brave man. He, unlike the other officers, cared about and defended his troops performance, and made sure that they got the recognition they deserved. Hew as a true leader and Henry and John wanted to be just like him. After a while, they finally discover a battle taking place.

Jim gives Henry yellow envelope with a packet inside. He is sure that he will die, and says that this will be his first and last battle. The troops manage to hold off the rebels during the first attack, but the rebels came back again and again with more reinforcements driving the soldiers back. Henry becomes scared, confuse, and goes into a trance when he sees his forces backing down.

He finally gets up and starts to run like a 'chicken', who has lost the direction of safety. After he has run away he starts to think about his actions. At first he thinks of himself as a coward for running, and later he feels that he was just saving himself for later. He thinks nature does not want him to die, even though his side was losing.

He believed he was intelligent to run, and hopes he will die in battle to spite. Henry, still running, is met by a soldier and he comes upon Jim who has been wounded badly. He does not complain about his pain, but asks Henry to move him out of the road, so that he is not run over by artillery wagons. Even in his pain, he is concerned about Henry and asks how he is feeling.

As his death grew nearer, Jim runs into a field looking for a suitable place to die. He ignores Henry's offers of help, and as his body jerked horribly, he falls and dies. The only other witness to his death was the wounded soldier, who is Jim's bravery and courage. The soldier appears to be a simple and innocent man.

Henry walks away hurting inside. In the charge ahead, Henry asks fleeing soldiers why they are running. He grabs a comrade and asked 'why why' all the while holding his arm. The man struggling to be let go, hits Henry over the head with the butt of his rifle, thus giving Henry is first Red Badge of Courage.

Henry stumbles across the battlefield trying to stay on his feet. He meets a cheery voiced man who helps him get back to his camp. The man not only lacked a name, but Henry never saw his face. He appears to be an ordinary man who can skillfully maneuver through the forest and patrols.

At his camp he meets up with John again, and gets the wound on his head treated. After resting for a little while he gets back into the battle. He felt the generals, were a bunch of 'morons' for making them retreat rather than confronting the enemy. Henry starts to think that he and John are going to die, but they go into battle anyway. In the battle, a change goes over Henry. He starts to fume with rage.

He seemed to have a wild hate for his relentless enemies. He felt that he and his companions were being taunted and being made fun of. In a following battle, he and John got the opportunity to carry the regiment's flag. After a bit of scuffling John takes the flag out, but later in the battle Henry manages to get the rebel flag and runs up the line with Lieutenant Hasbrouck leading the way. In the battle, he fought like a 'leader', and he has grown up a great deal. He was not afraid of dying anymore.