The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane ( Book Summary and Review) Minute Book Report

This is a quick book summary and analysis of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through Facebook Page This is a story about a young man named Henry who wants to fight for the Union in the Civil War. He leaves his mother behind and finds himself in a company of friends and strangers. This group of soldiers does a lot of training and marching, but initially doesn t really see a lot of action. At most, they ve seen battles in the distance and have seen the wounded in passing. Henry is nervous about actually fighting and is ashamed that he feels that way. However, after he talks to some of the other soldiers, he realizes that many of them are also nervous. The company finally gets their big break and they are assigned to hold a line against the Confederates. They survive the initial charge and cheer at