John Curtis’s Reviews > The Red Badge of Courage > Status Update

My favorite character is The Youth because of the fact that even though his mom didn't take his dream seriously he still pursued it. "Ma, I'm going to enlist". "Henry, don't you be a fool", his mother had replied. She had then covered her face with the quilt. There was an end to the matter for that night. Nevertheless, the next morning he had gone to a town that was near his mothers farm and enlisted. (Crane 11)

The Red Badge of Courage got it's name from basically soldiers having that sense of courage and bravery during battles and the main character Henry wishes he had that type of courage.

A soldier in the camp- 'We ain't never goin' to stand this second banging. I didn't come here to fight the hull damn army." (Crane 50)

"There were some handshakings and deep speeches with men whose features were familiar, but with whom the youth now felt the bonds of tied hearts". (Crane 50)

"Presently he began to feel the effects of the war atmosphere-a blistening sweat, a sensation that his eyeballs were about to crack like hot stones". (Crane 44)