Answer the following questions fully.

1. What does the camp look like?

How far away is the enemy?

2. What message does the Tall soldier bring?

What words does the narrator use to show a sarcastic tone?

3. The narrator begins to focus on the youthful private. What is his tent like?

What sort of sentences does the author use when describing the tent?

4. What tone is the author setting when he uses the phrase "eagle-eyed prowess"?

5. How had the young soldier (Henry Foster) imagined war?

6. How had his mother discouraged him?

Why might her words be "yellow light upon the color of his ambitions?"

7. How does his mother react to his big news?

What is her advice?

How did Henry expect her to react?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. What is Henry doing his calculations on?

Who is he measuring himself against?

2. Why does he hate the slow generals?

What does that show about him?

3. Crane uses symbolism to describe the enemy "acros the river" What does he compare the enemy to?

4. Just a few paragraphs later, what does Crane compare the regiment to?

5. What does a rather fat soldier attempt to do?

Why is this more alarming than they thought?

6. The Loud Soldier and Henry come to an argument. About what?

Does henry feel all that he says? In other words, does he speak his thoughts?

Explain.

Crane violates one of the supreme laws of writing: "Show, Don’t Tell." He draws out all of Henry’s thoughts and wonderings. Why?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. How has the regiment changed over the course of the march?

2. Why are the hats important?

3. Why is running to his first battle a good thing for the young soldier?

How would it be worse if he had to sit and think about it?

4. What forces him to fight and prevents him from running?

5. Why do the ranks open to avoid the corpse?

What is "The Question"?

6. War is compared to something. What is it compared to?

Why doesn’t the author talk about the Southern soldiers that way?

7. Why does Henry feel superior to everyone else?

Is he?

Explain.

8. What does the Loud Soldier give him?

Why?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. At the beginning of this chapter, there is a long skein of dialogue that in’t connected to anything.

• Who is supposed to be talking?

• Why effect is an author trying to get by doing that?

2. Why are the men relieved at the Lieutenant’s wounds?

What does Crane compare it to?

3. How do all of the retreating men look?

Why do they look that way?

4. What is the "composite monster"?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. What are the seven hundred bonnets being compared to?

2. Does Henry have much faith in his officers?

Explain.

3. How does henry become a successful soldier?

What does Crane compare him to?

4. When he feels rage,what does he feel it against?

5. Crane notes that neither the men nor the officer were in "heroic" or picturesque" poses. Why might that be important to a reader?

6. When Crane describes a dying man, does he use eloquent language or plain language? Why?

7. Why do the cannons continue to fire after the enemy has retreated?

8. Henry is surprised at Nature. What has Nature been doing?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Why does Crane choose the word "ecstasy" for Henry?

2. Why does the new battle dishearten the men so much?

3. Again, what is the monster?

4. What happens to the men that are standing near him?

Does Henry really have a mind of his own?

5. Why does he run?

6. What was the result of that battle?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Crane writes that hsi runnin was the work of "a master’s legs."

What does he mean by that?

2. Henry looks to nature for answers. Why does he say that Nature has an aversion to Tragedy?

3. How does the squirrel help Henry?

4. How does Crane describe the place where the dead soldier is?

Why does he describe the soldier in such detail?

Why the ants?

5. Is nature truly a "chapel"

How is this scene like a scene Melville would write?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Which way does Henry run?

Why?

2. Henry thinks that "Nature was not quite ready to kill him."

Why does he think that?

3. What does the crowd of wounded look like?

Crane writes a bout the wounded in more serious, reporter like phrases. Why?

4. Why does enry try to avoid the Tattered Man?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. The title finally gets used. What is the "Red Badge of Courage"?

Is Crane being ironic?

Explain.

2. Who is the spectral soldier?

3. Why does Jim begin to run?

How does Crane’s style change here?

Is there something noble in that run?

Why does he want them to leave him be?

4. How does the soldier die?

Is it a courageous death?

What does he die from?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Crane writes that the soldier "it" was laughing in the grass. Why might the body be laughing?

2. How does Henry try to dodge the tattered man’s questions?

Is the tattered man very bright?

3. Why does he bandon the tattered man?

Should he abandon him?

Crane uses one sort of voice when working with facts and events.

(From Chapter 8)

"Another, the commander of the brigade, was galloping about bawling. His hat was gone and his clothes were awry. He resembled a man who had come from bed to go to a fire. The hoofs of his horse often threatened the heads of the runnng men but they scampered with singular fortune. In this rush, they were apparently all deaf and blind. The heeded not the largest and the longest of the oaths that were thrown at them from all directions. "

• What is this paragraph about.

Does Crane use complicated or simple language? Why?

• What figurative language is contained here?

Why is it used?

• Are the sentences either unnaturally long or short?

Are their many clauses in these sentences?

Explain.

• Find two more paragraphs in the text that show this same style?

While Crane does not write in the first person, he does appropriate Henry’s voice.

(From Chapter 6)

"The Supreme Trial had been passed. The red, formidable difficulties of war had been vanquished.

He went into an ecstasy of self-satisfaction. He had the most delightful sensations of his life. Standing as if apart from himself, he viewed the last scene. He perceived that the man who had fought thus was magnificent.

He felt that he was a fine fellow. He saw himself even with those ideals which he had considered far beyond him. He smiled in deep gratification."

• What is this passage about?

What sort of language does Crane choose?

Explain.

• Does Crane use figurative language in this scene?

Hyperbole is a deliberate exggeration for effect. Does it happen here?

• Are the sentences either unnaturally long or short?

Are their many clauses in these sentences?

Explain.

Why might Crane use two different styles? Well, an author mixes a writing style to creat a contrast. In this case, the contrast is between the viewpoint of Henry and that of an impartial observer.

With this in mind, what does the "Henry" style tell you about the character. In other words, what do you learn about Henry from his voice?

Should we disregard Henry’s opinions?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. What are the soldiers fleeing from?

What does Henry have to throw away?

What "voice" is Crane in when Henry tosses away the pamphlets?

2. Describe the retreating army.

3. How did Henry get hurt?

Does he seem badly hurt?

4. Who "rescues" Henry?

5. Why does the man help out Henry?

Why can’t Henry help himself?

Answer the following questions thoroughly.

1 What lie does he make up?

Why?

2. Are these people happy to see him?

How many of the others ran?

Why doesn’t Crane come right out and say that?

3. Is Henry enjoying his wound?

Explain.

4. Is henry grateful for the nursing because he feels pain or for the excuse the wound gives him?

Explain.

5. Why doesn’t he surrender the blanket?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. What vision does Henry have when he wakes up?

2. Why does he explode at his "friend"?

How might the friend’s kindness hurt Henry?

3. How has his friend changed?

Does Henry envy this?

How else does the friend show "growth"?

4. What is the point of Wilson’s little speech at the end of the chapter?

What does Henry think?

Because we get to see into Henrys head, we know all sort of things about his vision of battle.

Put the following mindsets in order.

10__ Henry tries to return to the front line

11__ Henry, while walking, tests out if nature approved of his running.

2__ Henry first doubts his abilities and tries to mathematically eliminate them..

5__ Henry feels himself joined with the group and they win the first skirmish.

13__ Henry gets hit in the head by a retreating soldier

14__ Henry goes back tohis corps and lies about his "wound."

6__After the first skirmish, Henry thinks that he is a hero.

3__ He becomes sure that they all will die like pigs in the first battle

4__ He feels it were better to get killed.

9__ henry bums out when he finds out his corps has survived.

12__ Henry gets shamed by the other wounded officers. "Where’s your hurt"?7__ Henry freezes up in fear of the approaching dragon, then runs with his companions.

8__ Henry hopes his corps got overrun

15__ Henry feels pretty smug about his wound.

Overall, what has been the pattern of Henry’s self-esteem?

First, he thought:

Then, before battle, he thought

Then right after battle, he thought

Before he ran, he thought

As he walks back, he thinks

Now, back in camp, he thinks

To me, in this class, Courage is defined as "the spirit needed to help you do things that are difficult to do."

Does Henry show that courage?

Does anyone in the novel show that courage?

What would John Wayne have said to Henry while he wa running?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. What is the battle scene like when the first come to it?

2. Henry starts to feel cocky. How do we know?

What stupid thing does he say?

3. What attitude does he take about war now?

4. Why does the Lieutenant shut him up.

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Crane slips into Henry’s voice here. What is henry’s attitude?

What words show that?

What does Henry seem to remember about yesterday?

2. Why is he angry? why does he feel rage? (think)

3. What happens during the battle?

What can he see?

What can he hear?

What can he feel?

4. What does the youth do wrong?

Why isn’t he proud to be a "war cat"?

5. Is he a hero?

Answer the following questions thoroughly.

1. What is happening to Jimmie Rogers?

2. Why did the two of them leave camp?

What do you suppose their real reason was?

3. What does thegeneral do near the wounded man?

What does that tell you about the general?

4. What order do they hear the general give?

5. How many of those ‘mule drivers" will come back?

6. What part of the message does Fleming understand?

What does he miss?

7. The officers are compared to shepherds. How is that true?

I am going to describe for you a brief engagement between the north and the south.

These are the facts.

In your group, write the story of the battle from one of these points of view

• 17 year old George Thurston, private, 34th of New York.

• 42 year old Bill Matthews, private, 112th of Georgia

• Captain Josiah Early, writing to the mother of Sam Enderby, private, 34th of New York.

• General George McClellan of the Union Army. (not present at battle)

• 18 year old Wing Knight, private, 34th of New York, killed at wall.

• 17 year old Tytus Downe, private 112th of Georgia, wounded in the back 100 yard from the wall

• Nate Year, local weatherman

Write a two page first person story from the point of view of your character above.

• Make sure you stay in the right point of view. Your character cannot know more than they would,

• Remember the details of Civil War battles,

• Stay psychologically true

Follow this procedure.

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Crane changes tone a little here. What is the forest doing to Henry?

2. Why does he charge cross the field like a lunatic?

3. When Crane writes that they "were becoming men again," what does he mean?

4. What gets them to keep on attacking?

5. What happens to the flag?

Why did he want to stay close to it?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. Who finally gets to carry the flag?

How does he get it?

What does he think that allows him to do?

2. What allows the men some safety?

3. Why are they all slinking back to the lines?

4. What was the Lieutenant able to get his men to do?

5. What were they then able to do?

Is Henry shooting?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. How does another regiment react to the return of Henry’s regiment?

2. Why was the regiment reproached?

3. What compliments does Wilson and Fleming recieve?

What were they saying about the officers moments before?

Answer the following questions fully.

1. How does the description of battle change, now that Henry isn’t a combatant?

Does the author seem to show a preference?

2. What is Henry doing?

3. How does the orderly sargeant get injured?

4. Why might Henry’s body be "revenge"?

Answer the following questions thoroughly.

1. How do the men react to the call to charge?

Why does that surprise Henry?

2. What do the Southerners do?

3. Why do you suppose Crane spends so much time on the rival flag bearers death?

4. How do the prisoners act?

Which one seems to act as Henry would?

5. When the two men ccongratulate each other, whatare they congratulating each other for?

How is that ironic?

Answer the following question thoroughly.