The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters 1-3
The back of the book talks about how this book is about the civil war and a young solider having a battle within himself. Now, reading that, you would think that “young solider” would have a name and identity as most main characters do. This book did not give their main character an identity or any description. Throughout the first three chapters, the main character is referred to as the youth. The first chapter includes with the story of how he talked to his mom about entering war, enlisted without her knowing and then her final reaction. Then he goes to fight in the civil war and during his first battle debates on running away from it. Lastly, you see how he does react in his first battle and what he sees during the civil war. One thing I am noticing is the narrator’s description of the nature around him. It seems to slip into the story and somehow relates to it.