es of blue infantry at the green woods which veiled his problems. An aide galloped furiously, dragged his horse suddenly to a halt, saluted, and presented a paper. It was, for a wonder, precisely like an historical painting" (Crane 949).
             In my opinion, this paragraph seems significant in the way he feels about himself. He feels as if he is on the outside looking in, and no one would help him because he was not wounded "heroically" in the battlefield like they were all expected to. Societal expectation in this short story is seen through the eyes of the soldiers. What was expected of every soldier in battle is that you get wounded or killed in the glory of your country. No heroic acts were taken in his wounding and nothing positive got accomplished, and because of this the lieutenant feels great shame. All in all, the lieutenant does not feel as if he did his part in the war because what was expected out of him is not what he accomplished.
             The second story, "The Blue Hotel," also by Stephen Crane, takes place in a sma
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