In the society during the Civil War, many young teenagers were either being drafted or elected to risk their lives to fight for the side that they're on. The Red Badge of Courage, published in 1895 shortly after the Civil War happened, emulated a young boy's psychological perspective at the time of the war. According to Crane in the book he sees the teenage boys of the Civil War in their young internal struggle with their mind to make a critical decision at a crucial point in their lives. He focused how the war effects on the human mind itself, Crane called the novel a "psychological portrayal of fear" (Glencoe 3). The author also gives a new impressionistic look at that time. The ter

Throughout this book there was a substantial amount of color

("The Red" 1).At the end of the book "he had rid himself from the red

instance, red was related to the soldier's physical wounds and Henry's

It is obvious to see that in the beginning of the book that Henry had no past experiences of war. Since his treatment of town before he left, the school classmates and his mother (Helms 1). It also mentioned in the book that he wanted to be in an actual war witnessing it because he though it would be a chance of a lifetime, not knowing the fear and the war effects to the human mind (Crane 24).

vision of battle ("The Red" 1). The color was also used for literary terms to

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