In the Red Badge of Courage, the main character of this work is Henry Fleming. The character is attractive because he shows a powerful capacity of ambition, which often allows him to view thing in the world with a false reality. A common sign of most inexperience children, which provide an interesting characteristic for the type of setting this novel, is placed in. In addition, the fact that in midst of this terrible setting he never backed down under the pressure surrounding him and confronts his fear. The character is unattractive for the reason why he is ambitious. The fact that a boy would want to engage in warfare sometimes scares the reader into examining what is the mental development of this character for he won't aim for something a little more prestigious instead of risking his life for the glory of war. The character is believable for observes the world without reasonable logic which is about a primary trait of human because no one in their good state of mind would have a perception of war as a glamorous thing. In accordingly, the character stands by his misconception and confronts his own death.
In the Red Badge of Courage, the chief conflict of Henry Fleming is the behavior of this man in real warfare action that is a persistent question presented throughout the novel. The fact that Henry has strong ambitions to battle never truly reveal how he would perform under the pressures of a real line of fire. In conclusion, the main challenge of Henry is adjust to the hardships of army life and confront his fear head on.
In the Red Badge of Courage, the resolution implied is the bloodshed has ended with no other success, but that Henry has made the transition from a boy to a man and now he can look at his heroic deeds, put his sins in perspective, and not feel too proud about one or too guilty about the other.
The passages are " Ma, I've enlisted" and " Nobody seems to know where we go
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