Stephen Crane
Hailed as one of American literature's most influential works, The Red Badge of Courage has a young recruit facing the trials and cruelties of war. Stephen Crane's 1895 novel is set in the American Civil War. Private Henry Fleming flees from battle and his battalion, considering all lost. Stumbling upon injured soldiers, he feels the shame of deserting and of not possessing the "red badge of courage", the wounds of war. But later when Henry
...Jeune garçon de ferme, Flemming vit la guerre de Sécession sous forme de nouvelles et de comptes rendus héroïques de batailles. La guerre arrive au pas de sa porte, il finit par être entraîné dans son tourbillon et s'engage. Commence alors l'apprentissage du métier de soldat, l'école du courage. Flemming est d'abord harcelé par le doute: sera-t-il capable de faire face, dans sa première bataille, sans déserter? L'épreuve du feu débute
...Henry Fleming is a young private in the Union army during the American Civil War—a farm boy untested by battle.
Faced with charging rebels, he flees. With his ideals shattered and his heart burdened by shame, Henry seeks an opportunity to redeem himself, even hoping for a wound—a “red badge of courage”—to prove his bravery.
Focusing on the inner psychological
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