The important conflict in The Red Badge of Courage is Henry Flemings fear about how he will perform in his first battle. There are three people who expressed their ideas abou their fears before the first skirmish. They are Henry Fleming, Tom Wilson, and Jim Conklin. Henry is worried about how he will do in this first battle. He isn't sure if he will run or not, and he is scared that he might. He …showed first 75 words of 518 total…

…showed last 75 words of 518 total…a sodier came and told everyone about the general talking about Henry and Tom being heroes. Henry walked away and Tom followed him, and they start talking. Henry finally admits to tom that he ran awsay, and tom tells him that he ran but he was caught by a sergeant and had to go back and fight. Henry and Tom both felt better after this knowing thay they weren't the only ones to run away.