As the narrative, The Red Badge of Courage, opens, Henry and his mother are engaged in a quarrel about Henry leaving to join the Army. By going against his mother's wishes and disobeying her, he isolates himself from his family. Since my mother has shown favor to my older sister, I too, have separated myself from her. This isolation is imperative to the way Henry lives his life during his time in the Army, and to the way I live my daily life at home with my mother. Moral support is something that a family, especially a mother, provides for a child, but because Henry and I have disassoc

Regardless of the isolation, Henry matures over the course of the narrative, (which I am facing now). He becomes unified with his fellow comrades and his regiment, puts the

iated our selves from our mothers, we neglect to receive this. This moral support is needed during the hard times of life, but when Henry looks for this support, he realizes that he's pushed it away, far out of his life, and that it is almost imperceptible.

The internal fears that haunt Henry are mostly created by him. He is apprehensive of the reaction he will have towards any stimulus thrown out at him, therefore creating a fear that separates and isolates him from not only the rest of his regiment and his family, but himself as well. He is afraid to face reality and see what really makes up Henry Fleming. Throughout the majority of this narrative Henry is torn between the boy he is and the man he wants to be. The man emerges through a brief handshake with the "cheerful soldier.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)