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The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fleming, a young recruit who’s gearing up for his first battle in the Union army. Over the next two days he flees, then returns, then fights, and by the end is raising the flag and leading his regiment in victory.
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Through Henry, The Red Badge of Courage allows us to face the chaos and confusion, the terror and futility, of both large-scale, national strife and inner, personal turmoil. Full Review...
Henry Fleming (Audie Murphy) is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear.
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- Audie Murphy
- John Huston
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The Red Badge of Courage. Pvt. Henry Fleming (Richard Thomas) is a nervous young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During what he believes is a lost battle, he flees to the woods.
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- Richard Thomas
- Lee Philips
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, written by precocious American author Stephen Crane in 1895, is a short novel about an unnamed Civil War battle (based on the Battle of Chancellorsville, in which Crane's brother fought.
Set in the Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage is perhaps the best representation of the growth of a soldier from a deserter to a courageous fighter. Our intrinsic fear of death is what motivates so many of us to do the things we do to survive.
Oct 18, 2021 · By Adam Gopnik. October 18, 2021. The battles in Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage” feel like surrealist nightmares in which no one is master of his fate. Illustration by John Gall;...
