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AnalysisontheMainCharacteroftheRedBadgeofCourageThroughoutthenovel,CranereferstoHenryas—theyoungsoldierIIand—theyouth.etheveteransoldierswhomheencountersduringhisfirstbattle,inHenry'simaginbelievesintraditionalmodelsofcourageandhonor,andromanticizestheimageofdyinginbattlebyinvokingtheGreektraditionofadeadsoldierbeinglaiduponhiscovertures.Ontheotherhand,becauseheisyoung,Henryhasyettoexperienceenoughtotesttheseabstractions.Asaresult,hismostpassionateconvictionsarebasedonlittleelsethanfantasies,makinghimseemvainandselfcentered.Henry'sreasonforhopingtowingloryinbattleisjusttodesireareputation.Hehopesthatanimpressiveperformanceonthebattlefieldwillimmortalizehimasahero.Ironically,afterfleeingfrombattle,Henryfeelslittleguiltaboutinvokinghisownintelligenceinordertojustifyhiscowardice.Henry'slackofatruemoralsenserevealshimselfintheemptinessofthehonorandglorythatheseeks.Hefeelsnoresponsibilitytoearntheseawards.Ifotherscallhimahero,hebelievesheisone.WhenHenryfinallyfacesbattle,however,agreatchangeoccurswithinhim:Thenovelisknownforitsdistinctivestyleincludingrealisticbattlesequencesaswellastherepeateduseofcolorimagery,andironictone.Differentfromatraditionalwarnarrative,thisstoryreflectstheinnerexperienceofitsprotagonist.Thenarratorusestheso-calleda"psychologicalportrayaloffear"todescribeanaturalimage'sdistinctiveThemainthemesthatthestoryexploresarematuration,heroism,cowardice,andtheindifferenceofnature.BibliographyBritishliterature,WangShouren,HigherEducationPress,2009http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheRedBadgeofCourage