Red Badge of Courage I read the book, "Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane This is a story set during the United States Civil War It takes us into the life of a young man named Henry Fleming, who is usually referred to as the Youth in the story The basic idea of the book is, the Youth joins the US. Army that's fighting war against the South. The author, Crane gives us a …showed first 75 words of 627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 627 total…back into battle, and even becomes an encourager to his fellow soldiers. In the end the Youth accepts himself as a man, a human who is capable of weakness, and forgives himself for his previous self. I think this book was a good view on how a person could be during the time of civil war. When you have death staring right at you. it's possible to be afraid and run away It's only human.