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The Red Badge of Courage
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The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 novel by Stephen Crane about the American Civil War, and is probably the modern Trope Codifier for War Is Hell.Henry Fleming, a young soldier of 304th regiment, joined the Union army with wide-eyed ideas about the glory of battle and service to his country. On the eve of his first battle—per Word of God, the battle of Chancellorsville, though it's never specified in the narrative—he worries he will not have the fortitude to face combat. He does, in fact, flee from his regiment after going into combat, and after some disturbing encounters finally makes his way back. The battle isn't over, and Henry gets another chance to prove his courage.Made into a film in 1951 starring real-life war hero Audie Murphy, written and directed by John Huston, and also featuring cartoonist Bill Mauldin in invokeda rare acting role. Famous as a Troubled Production in which MGM took the film from Huston and whacked out a good 50 minutes or so, leaving it with only a 69-minute run time. Given that in the film Henry is seen writing a letter dated September 10, 1862, the battle in the movie would appear to be Antietam. The novel was also adapted as a first-season episode of the PBS children's series Wishbone, "A Terrified Terrier", in 1995. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Henry at first before Character Development turns him into a total badass. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: A Confederate sentry tells Henry to take cover lest he get one of those "red badges" after the Confederate is compelled to shoot him. | |
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Died Standing Up | |
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Died Standing Up: Jim Conklin. | |
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Redemption in the Rain | |
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Redemption in the Rain: The last chapter of the book after Henry self-reflected on his past. | |
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Asskicking Leads to Leadership | |
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Asskicking Leads to Leadership: In The Veteran, it's revealed that Henry gained the rank of sergeant through fighting. | |
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The Red Badge of Courage / int_30d4f2a | type |
Narcissist | |
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Narcissist: Henry at the beginning. Character Development changed that. | |
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Trope Codifier | |
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Trope Codifier: For the War Is Hell theme and American realism as a genre. | |
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Narrator | |
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Narrator: A completely unnecessary opening in which a narrator basically spells out the premise. After that, bits of narration taken directly from Crane's novel. | |
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Jumped at the Call | |
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Jumped at the Call: Henry, without realizing what he's doing until he's too deep in it. Considering it's The American Civil War, there were probably lots more. | |
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Sacrificial Lamb | |
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Sacrificial Lamb: Jim Conklin. | |
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We Have Reserves | |
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We Have Reserves: When the general (presumably Joseph Hooker) asks an officer what regiment could become the Cannon Fodder: | |
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The Red Badge of Courage / int_6366f900 | type |
Old Soldier | |
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Old Soldier: Jim is portrayed as a grizzled veteran with gray hair. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Henry has a romantic notion of this at the beginning of the novel. In The Veteran, Old Henry tries to save the two old colts at the end of a burning barn. The roof collapses before he would've gotten out. | |
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Babies Ever After | |
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Babies Ever After: Old Henry decided to settle down after the war and have a family, with a grandson called Jim. | |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality | |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality: The novel avoids discussing which side is right. Just that both sides are fighting. Stephen Crane goes even a step further and just call the Unions "blue" and Confederates "gray", except in dialogues such as when the cheerful soldier led Henry back to 304th regiment and called the Confederates "Johnnies", a derogatory slang at that time towards the Confederates. | |
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Tattered Flag | |
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Tattered Flag: Henry charges with the tattered Union flag. He captures the Dixie in the end, more tattered than the Union flag. | |
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Rule of Symbolism | |
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Rule of Symbolism: Many things symbolize that nature does not care about humanity, such as: The decaying body of an Union soldier Henry found when he runs away. The clear skies after a battle. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Many soldiers, including Henry, panic when the Confederates charge a second time. Also when Henry and Wilson overhear that their regiment will be used as Cannon Fodder. | |
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Coming of Age Story | |
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Coming of Age Story: Henry goes from callow youth to confident combat veteran. | |
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Child Soldiers | |
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Child Soldiers: A lot of soldiers. Henry, for example, is still in school. | |
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The Red Badge of Courage / int_e567510d | type |
Determinator | |
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Determinator: When most of the Confederate force the 304th Regiment have to face runs away, five people stayed and kept fighting. | |
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0% Approval Rating: The rating the 304th Regiment gave to their commanding officer after he calls the entire regiment "mud diggers". | |
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War Is Hell | |
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War Is Hell: This is the Civil War we're talking about, so wounds, death, intense pain and infection! | |
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