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The Red Badge of Courage Paperback – September 25, 2013

by Stephen Crane (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 28 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Age Range: 10 - 13 years
  • Grade Level: 5 - 8
  • Lexile Measure: 500 (What's this?)
  • Paperback: 146 pages
  • Publisher: Union Books (September 25, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1619491729
  • ISBN-13: 978-1619491724
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsThe Horrors of War
By Sarah M. Ruggles on January 15, 2014
Format: Paperback
Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a short, but detailed fictional account of the gruesomeness of war and the struggle to prove your own bravery. The story focuses on Henry Fleming, an 18 year old boy with the desire and drive to join the military despite his mother's protestations.

The private has rose-colored visions of war and of his own bravery. All of these visions are shattered when Henry finds himself fleeing the battle. Ashamed of his own shortcomings and fear, Henry returns to his regiment and is pleasantly surprised when his desertion is not recognized. Henry finds himself introspective and he wonders at his own cowardice.

Although Stephen Crane himself had no experience in war, The Red Badge of Courage is hailed as an accurate description of the horrors of war. I found it interesting. Rarely does a war novel focus on the fears and cowardice of man, they usually focus on the bravery involved and the honor in dying during battle. Interesting subject matter, nothing really noteworthy, though.

-Sarah
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5.0 out of 5 starsHigh school requirement
By JK Mom on December 26, 2012
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
The book arrived very quickly, so all school assignments could be done in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, there is another version that has similes - and it seems that we bought the wrong version for all his schoolwork. I suggest you check with the teacher as to what version is needed if you are ordering for school.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA great book to show you what people go through when they are at war.
By T. Stewart on June 4, 2012
Format: Paperback
The reason I chose the book was because it shows really good about how war really was back then. I liked it because there are a lot of things people don't know about what happens at war. But this book tells a lot about it. It shares how people run away and get hurt and the things they have to go through.

This book was about a man at war feeling bad for running from the battle and seeing the people who got hurt so he wanted a wound.The theme is that coward ness leads to a person to feel the need for redemption. After he ran from the battle he felt pathetic so he thought getting injured would redeem him for what he did. "That we two fit the best in the regiment". The quote shows that after they ran away they redeemed themselves by being one of the best people in the regiment. So even though they left the first battle they were in they stayed in the rest and were getting known for one of the best. The term I chose is wallowing. Wallowing means to roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water. The authors use of the word was " Wallowing in the fight, they were in astonishingly short time resmudged". The author chose the term he used because the meaning is roll about or relaxed in mud and that's what they were doing a lot because they are at war. One of the good reviews someone wrote is that "symbolism is wonderful, the metaphors add beautifully to the story". One example of that is when it says, "the composite monster witch had caused the other troops to flee had not appeared" That quote is a metaphor. It's saying that they still can't see the enemy and they they're waiting for the "monsters". By using the metaphor it gets the reader to get more into the story and gives them the feeling the soldiers have because they are picturing the monster. I do agree that the metaphors are well used.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat War Novel
By Koby on May 9, 2013
Format: Paperback
I read this in junior high school all those years ago, and it popped up on a list of books I'm currently working my way through. I could have shoved it aside saying "I've already read that" but really how much of the books that you had to read in school do you actually remember?

I'm glad that I re-read this book. For one thing the point of view the author uses, while it seemed weird to me, worked pretty well for the story he was telling. Not to mention that you can really tell "The youth" was frightened, unsure, and wanting to be brave the entire course of the book.

This is a fantastic novel about war, what soldiers think while in a battle, and how at the same time how it all looks from the outside while everything is taking place around the principle characters. Again, I'm glad I re-read the book rather than just pushing it aside.
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3.0 out of 5 starsMy Review
By Stefan Yates on August 2, 2012
Format: Paperback
Red Badge of Courage is a descriptive narration of one youth's first battle experience during the Civil War. This book deals with a dark time in American History and the writer treats it as such. The detail is stark, bleak and Crane doesn't sugar coat anything.

I'm not disappointed that I finally picked this up and read it. It is a very short novel and doesn't take much of a time commitment to read. I did however find it dragging in parts and it took me a while to get into it. Henry, the youth, of the novel is a fairly simple individual who is shown the ugly face of war and his reactions to his first experiences are what the book is about.

All in all, this is a good book, but nowhere near great. I'm not a big fan of Crane's style in his storytelling, however he does paint a vivid picture and the reader gets a clear idea of what it may have been like to be an unwitting youth going into battle for the first time with little training or warning of what to expect.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Thoughtful Insight on War
By Jon C on April 11, 2013
Format: Paperback
The Red Badge of Courage is a great book that kept me thinking. Henry joins the army anxious and excited to be in it. His regiment had no action for the first little time in the army. His regiment then finally gets called to battle and he gets his first taste to battle. As the battle gets going he starts to blame the government for him being in the army saying he never wanted to be in it in the first place. The battle goes on and one of his friends dies in the middle of the battle and tells him to give his folks a yellow envelope. He then retreats with some other men because they feel the battle is lost. He then hears his regiment won the fight and goes with another regiment because he can't find his. He then meets a tattered traumitized man who he tries to talk to but just leaves him. He then gets in a fight with the other regiment and gets shot in the head. At the end of the fight a man sends him back to his original regiment. He later hears that they fight like "mule drivers" and are being sent into a tough battle. They win this battle but don't press against the enemies retreat and are then mocked because of it. They then go into a final battle.
I liked this book because of the deep thoughts it gives you while reading. It isn't just for deep thinking though it also keeps you entertained with good fighting and action in it. My favorite part was when Henry gains a huge respect for the flag and does everything he can to get ahold of it. That part was really exciting and I liked the way he wrote that part in particular. My favorite character was the tattered man because even though he wasn't in the story very long he seemed to know a lot about war. The tattered man also said some things that were spot on with what happened.Read more ›
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