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    <title>The Red Badge of Courage Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Red Badge of Courage Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Once again, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment or event that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Once again, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment or event that grounds Henry's epiphany. The novel takes it up bit by bit and shows his transformation as a gradual process. There is no abrupt and unaccounted for change in the novel. There can be many such junctures. let me mention some.
1. When Henry loses his favourite myth of the great war hero in the form of a soldier, he realizes that it is a dirty fight and he has to fight just in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:09:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is a very difficult question to answer. On the level of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is a very difficult question to answer. On the level of the perspective adopted or the major point of view in the novel, there is hardly any neutrality as Henry is the only lens. Whatever happens, happens as we see it through his eyes, his impressions. This limitation has been seen as detrimental to the perspectival neutrality of the novel.
As far as the three terms in relation to optimism or pessimism is concerned, I think that there is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:55:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the red badge of courage what are some insignificant incidents that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the red badge of courage what are some insignificant incidents that happen within the first few chapters]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:50:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is the youth compared mataphorically to a 'jaded horse'?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/why-youth-compared-mataphorically-jaded-horse-116377</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why is the youth compared mataphorically to a 'jaded horse'?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the book "The Red Badge of Courage" what is the name of Henrys regiment?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/book-red-badge-courage-what-name-henrys-regiment-116251</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the book "The Red Badge of Courage" what is the name of Henrys regiment?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the tone in The Red Badge of Courage?  Positive, neutral, or...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/red-badge-courage-what-the-tone-book-positive-115059</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the tone in The Red Badge of Courage?  Positive, neutral, or negative?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:50:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is an example of alliteration in the Red Badge of Courage?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/what-an-example-alliteration-red-badge-courage-114907</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is an example of alliteration in the Red Badge of Courage?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:55:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Glory and honor was what all the young Civil War soldiers sought, both...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/when-novel-opens-regiment-desondent-henry-youth-110831</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Glory and honor was what all the young Civil War soldiers sought, both in reality and in Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage. In the opening chapter, Henry Fleming, like the others in his regiment, are upset with the boredom and drudgery of drilling. None of the regiment has seen action yet, and they want to fight after several months in camp. The main topic of conversation is about the possibility of a pullout and a march, but so...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:33:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When the novel opens, the regiment is despondent and Henry, "the Youth,"...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/when-novel-opens-regiment-desondent-henry-youth-110831</link>
        <description><![CDATA[When the novel opens, the regiment is despondent and Henry, "the Youth," is dissatisfied. Why?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:08:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Awaiting his first action in Stephen Crane's Civil War novel, The Red...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/moments-waiting-before-seeing-his-first-action-100181</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Awaiting his first action in Stephen Crane's Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage, the youth flashes back to a parade during his childhood. Like the officers and soldiers that now surround him, he remembers how he was ready and willing to follow along behind the "lady upon the white horse, or the band in its faded chariot." As a little boy, the parade made a grand impression upon him, and now it reminds him of the circumstances at...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:07:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The very title of the novel, The Red Badge of Courage is an allusion....]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/what-sentence-first-half-book-red-badge-courage-107917</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The very title of the novel, The Red Badge of Courage is an allusion. This is a reference to a battle wound, and it is significant in that Henry feels guilty that he chooses to flee the battle and he has no wound. He has left simply from fear. This is further emphasized through his interaction with Jim, as Jim is wounded and he isn’t. Ironically Henry does receive his “Red Badge of Courage” when he is accosted by another runaway...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:36:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What sentence in the first half of the book, "The Red Badge of Courage",...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/what-sentence-first-half-book-red-badge-courage-107917</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What sentence in the first half of the book, "The Red Badge of Courage", shows an allusion?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:00:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the classic Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage," by Stephen...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/what-fear-does-henry-haveas-he-returns-his-101323</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the classic Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage," by Stephen Crane, the main character, Henry Fleming, is nervous as he awaits the first action of his military career. During the initial Confederate attack, Henry's unit repulses the Rebels, but when the Southerners return a second time, Henry turns and runs. After being injured by a fellow Union soldier, Henry awakes and makes his way back to his regiment. He is worried about being...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:06:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would say it's near the very end of the book when Henry decides to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would say it's near the very end of the book when Henry decides to stop running from his fears and stand his ground and attack when the enemy comes upon them. BTW are you in an american literature class tought by Christy Davis?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:13:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[he imagined the war like he would be a hero, he did not think there...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/how-had-young-soldier-henry-foster-imagined-war-29199</link>
        <description><![CDATA[he imagined the war like he would be a hero, he did not think there would be as many casualties, he discovered the hard truth that his imagination was far from true.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/how-had-young-soldier-henry-foster-imagined-war-29199</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:31:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stephen Crane wrote this book on a bet. the bet was that he couldn't...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/am-looking-for-origins-and-influences-stephen-1879</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Stephen Crane wrote this book on a bet. the bet was that he couldn't write a better book than Emile Zola's book The Downfall. Stephen Cran actually never fought in the civil war but he did report on it. he asked confederate soldiers what they felt and how it was.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:26:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What fear does Henry have as he returns to his regiment? How is he...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/what-fear-does-henry-haveas-he-returns-his-101323</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What fear does Henry have as he returns to his regiment? How is he recieved? And what loud remarks does Henry make as the regiment waits to fight?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:12:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What and where is Henry's epiphany or turning point in the book?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/what-where-henrys-epiphany-turning-point-book-101193</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What and where is Henry's epiphany or turning point in the book?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the moments of waiting before seeing his first action, the youth...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the moments of waiting before seeing his first action, the youth thought of the village street at home. What does he recall about it?
 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:04:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the first chapter of The red badge of courage , what words does the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-badge/q-and-a/first-chapter-red-badge-courage-what-words-does-98011</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the first chapter of The red badge of courage , what words does the author use to show a sarcastic tone ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:31:53 PST</pubDate>
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