The Red Badge Of Courage Summary
The Red Badge Of Courage Summary
Young Henry Fleming has always dreamt of performing heroically and courageously in battle. When henry is finally in a war he goes through torment in his head. He does not know if he will run off like a coward or stay and fight like a hero. He goes to his friend whom he has known since childhood for comfort his friend tells him he will flee from battle if the majority does. The whole regiment is waiting for the order to attack. Finally the general appears on a horse back and commands to attack. The regiment starts shooting at the enemy. Henry gets red eyes and feels as if he is suffocating from the gun smoke. After this he gets "red rage " which means he gets frustrated because he can not make heroic posses in battle. At last the fighting ends and henry realize that the regiment held back the attack. Henry looks around and notices how many of his comrades have been killed. After this Henry socializes with his friends and comrades. Suddenly the enemy appears everybody is too weak to fight. The enemy starts firing and that is when Henry runs away into the woods. After sometime he meets a general and the general tells him that the soldiers have defeated and held back the line once again. Henry runs back to the battlefield because he wants to witness a conflict. After some walking henry meets his friend Jim who is dying. Henry leads him to bushes where Jim dies. Henry does not know it but he is heading toward the battlefield where he sees men running away from the battle. Then Henry questions himself if he should look for the regiment and start fighting or stay and rest. He gives up the idea of going to the battle, but he hates himself for that decision. Soon he hears a mans cheery voice. The man takes henry by the arm and guides Henry back to the regiment and disappears. He meets his a friend (a soldier in his regiment) Henry tells him that he has a wound on his head from a bullet, however Henry really didn't get the wound on his head from a bullet. Following this the regiment starts to move and the firing starts again. Henry is tired ,but he fights the best he can. The gun smoke effects...