The work:
As the week began we took notes on naturalism as we started reading Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. We can relate to the young boy Henry fighting in the Civil War by us understanding his emotions and personal growth that we all went through (BB). The class searched for Crane's usage of similes and metaphors within the text (BF). We have picked out themes thus far in The Red Badge of Courage such as nature in the spiritual sense and colors (DM).
The workers:
Mike M. noted how nature seemed to cover over the dead soldier inside the chapel (BF). Conor pointed out that Jack is emotionally torn when he needs to find info on Judge Irwin (NR). Noel identified the veracity behind the theme of color (JW). Conor demonstrated the symbolosm of running away (JW). Pat said that the last scene in chapter 7 talks about the youth's encounter with death. Brendan says that the chapel is only about as big as two people (DM). Vinny shined light to the cruelty of nature and the ways it is unforgiving (MF). Eric spoke about how Crane's lifestyle clearly affects his writing (GM). Pete commented on how Henry regretted not fighting in battle, he wanted his own "red badge of courage" (KK). Bob F. said that when the soldier says "leave me" it's like when Jesus rejects the offer of the wine on the sponge... (TR).
Words to live by:
"Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability."
"Yer jest one little feller amongst a hull lot of others, and yeh've got to keep quiet an' do what they tell yeh."
"The impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the answer to the Question."
"Don't go a-thinkin' you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh can't."
"He wondered what those men had eaten that they could be in such haste to force their way to grim chances of death."
