The Red Badge Of Courage: Henry Fleming

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run. In addition, as Henry's regiment moves closer to the actual
battlefields, soldiers running from the battle render information to the
regiment. Henry's thoughts change after hearing the words of the fleeing
soldiers. "He resolved to get a view of it, and then, he thought he might
very likely run better than the best of them" (54). Henry assures himself
that he will run when he faces his first battle. Henry's worst fears come
true when he encounters the enemy for the first time. Henry fights well
amidst the enemy's first charge, yet fear consumes him when they charge a
second time. "He, too, threw down his gun and fled" (69). After Henry runs,
he begins to feel the guilt that plagues him; in addition, other soldiers
magnify his guilt. The tattered soldier asks him, "Where yeh hit ol' boy"
(89)? Instead of answering the question, Henry leaves the tattered soldier
and refuses to admit his feelings of guilt. Throughout the rest of the
novel, Henry tries to eliminate his guilty ...

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