Quiz 2

Henry is referred to as "the youth" and Wilson is referred to as "the loud private." How has each character changed from the beginning of the story to now, specifically in regards to these monikers? Use specific examples from the story to support your answer.
- At the beginning of the book, Henry is known as the youth and Wilson is " the loud private." I think Henry is called the youth because he is very young and hasn't really done anything great to prove to the rest of the regiment that he is a man. Wilson is called the " loud private" because he is loud and obnoxious and very full of himself. He pretty much tells Henry at the beginning of the book that he thinks he could defeat the entire enemy on his own; he thinks he is indestructible.
Wilson and Henry really change a lot and in the end are regarded as men. I think this is because of all the great things that they eventually did in the battles. Wilson fires the first shot in the battle when everyone else was scared. Henry takes over the position of flag bearer when their flag bearer is shot. He goes to the front and carries the flag. The Liuetenant tells the commander that they are great men and that they should be moved up to a commanding position. Then in the end they both capture the enemies flag. The rest of the men sort of look up to them and yet the don't let it get to there heads. They also show a lot of respect to the veterans. They arrived to the battlefield young boys, and left men.

Chapter 24 THE END

The regiment is commanded to retrace back to the river where they began. The war is over. Henry begins to recolect the past and the present. He looks back and frowns upon the coward he used to be and feels terrible for deserting the tattered man. But then he seems to forget about the past and think about the present and what he has accomplished. He has fought with courage and survived to tell about it. As the book ends Henry sits in the rain and imagines a world with peace and happiness. Then the rain stops and a ray of sunshine peaks through the clouds.
I think that the ray of sunshine shows a lot of symbolism. I think it shows the peace and brightness that Henry was imagining and also the end of the darkness of war.

Chapter 23

The colonel tells the men that they need to charge or they will have to charge or be killed where they are. They charge the enemies fence with all there might. While they are fighting, Henry sees that the enemies flag barrer has been shot and killed. So he thinks that capturing the enemies flag would be a great accomplishment. Then he runs over to the flag and Wilson takes it from the dead soldiers hands. The enemy has been driven back and defeated once again. They take 4 prisoners of war also. The chapter ends with the men celebrating their victory and Wilson and Henry dicussing their great accomplishments. Why do they take prisoners? Do they hope to get some information out of them? I think that capturing the flag was a big deal.

Chapter 22

Off in the distance Henry can see two regiments fighting each other and men running all over the place. All of a sudden, Henry and his men could hear the enemy charging once again. They prepare for the attack and stand firm waiting for it and the fight begins with gunfire. The enemy is getting dangerously close, so close that Henry can see there faces. Henry is still holding the flag and fighting. The enemy gets position behind a fence where they are able to fight and be protected at the same time. Many of the men from Henry's regiment are being killed or injured. Henry then looks for Wilson and finds him still fighting. Henry says he will keep on fighting until his death. Why don't the men that are still alive find protection or get behind something? Henry continues to show much courage along with Wilson.

Chapter 21

After this victory the men of the regiment begin to think that they are unstoppable and can not be beat. But then a lieutenant comes by and tells their commander that if they would have gone another 100 yards they would have been successful. The men seem to be ashamed by what the man said since they thought that they had done a great job by killing so many rebels. The men start to talk badly about the lieutenant and say that it sucks fighting someone who no matter what you do it's wrong. Then two younger men come running up to Henry saying the the lieutenant asked the colonel who carried the flag. The colonel said it was Henry Fleming and Wilson was the other man who was at the front. The lieutenant says that Henry and Wilson deserve high praise for what they did in the battle. Why was there victory unsuccessful? What more did the lieutenant want them to do? They killed a lot of rebels.

Chapter 20

The regiment continues to fight and Henry and Wilson continue to fight over the flag and who is going to carry it. The regiment is getting defeated and feel as if they have been betrayed by their officers. Is being a mule driver a bad thing? Henry seems upset that his lieutentant is calling him one. Henry takes the position of the color bearer and goes to the front and Wilson once again is doubting that he will make it out alive and tells Henry goodbye. Henry tells him to shut up. Their is fighting and so much smoke that they couldn't even see their enemy. But when the smoke cleared they see the spot across from them is vacant. There is nothing but dead corpses, the enemy had once again been driven off. I think that Henry is becoming more and more of a man as the book goes on. Where did this courage and manlieness come from?

Chapter 19

This chapter begins with the battle just beginning. Henry and his regiment are charging, waiting for the enemy to get closer before they fire. Henry is charging saying there are men to his left and right being pierced by bullets and falling to the ground dead. The men were scared and looked dumbfounded as they look at the enemy coming towards them. The commander is yelling at them to start fighting and to wake up but they don't move; they are stunned. But then Wilson fires the first shot and it seems to wake up the men. The men continue to fight and then move to a different spot across the lot where they weren't as vulnerable. As they are crossing men are getting shot left and right including the man who was in charge of carrying the U.S flag. So Henry and Wilson pick up the flag and take over that position. Why are they always in a bad place to fight? It always seems like the enemy has the upper hand in the battles.

Chapter 18

Henry comes apon a wounded soldier named Jimmie Rogers. Henry helps him and looks for water but there is no water there to give to the wounded. He looks about and sees wounded soldiers and continues to hear gunfire. The commander says that the rebels are forming over yonder for another attack. Henrys division is commanded to line up and get prepared to charge and fight. The men over hear the colonial talking to the regiments commander telling him that he doesn't think they will make it back alive. Henry and Wilson look at each other, ready to fight and confident that they will make it. What is there job as a regiment and why won't they make it back alive? I think that Wilson and Henry make a good team after all.

Chapter 17

The battle begins and Henry fights like he is crazy. But the battle doesn't last long, the enemy is driven back. The general said that if he had 10,000 men like Henry he would win the battle in a week. The men begin to look at Henry like a war devil. He faught like a wild man and everyone is amazed and he thinks of himself as a hero. The lieutenant said that they must be the best regiment to ever live. Why was this battle so short? What got in to Henry that made him finally begin to fight? I think that Henry just had to get some experiance in fighting. Now that he has, i think he will do fine.

Chapter 16

The men along with Henry continue to march as the noise of gunfire and canons grow louder. The man stop and take command of a trench where they will wait for the enemy to arrive. The men there wait anxiously for their chance at battle. They then move to the forest and the enemy begins to attack. Henry lets out his feelings about the regiments generals saying it is their fault that they are getting wooped here and there in every battle. And also that they were idiots for moving the regiment into the forest where the enemy was waiting to attack them. The battle is about to begin. Why do the generals always put them in the wrong places? Maybe it is just bad luck, I think that the soldiers, including Henry, need to just fight and not worry about the job that the generals are doing.

Chapter 15

Henry remembers the yellow note that Wilson had given him to give to his parents if he died. He takes it from his pocket and is going to give back to him but decides to keep it. Why does he keep the note? Wilson then asks for the packet since he had not died. Wilson is ashamed of the note because it brings back the memories of how vulerable and scared of death he was.

Chapter 14

Henry wakes up to the men rustling, getting ready to move on. Wilson asks Henry how he is doing and Henry says that he isn't feeling to well. Henry's commrade asks him how he thinks the war is going and if what he thinks. Wilson thinks they are going to woop them and Henry says that from where he was yesterday, they were getting beat. He then tells him that Jim Conklin is dead. There is a scuffle between two men from the regiment and Wilson breaks it up. Henry tells Wilson he has changed a great bit. Why are the men fighting? I think Wilson has become a leader and has grown up alot.

Chapter 13

Henry arrives at his regiment's camp. He is greeted by Wilson who is very suprised to see him alive. Wilson tells him that he thought that he was dead for sure. Henry makes up a story of how he got separated from the regiment and says that he got shot in the head. So Wilson tells one of the commanders to take care of his wound which the commander said was just a graze. Wilson wraps Henry's head and puts him to sleep. I think Henry should just fess up about what happened. Will they continue fighting? Will Henry finally gather up the nerve to fight?

Chapter 12

The soldiers he is watching are getting driven back and finally start to go crazy. Henry says that they have been defeated in that particular battle and that everyone who was still alive were going crazy. Henry is confused at why everyone is running so he tries to ask a soldier but the soldier hits him in the head hard. Henry is dazed and feels weak and can barley walk. He contemplates rather to lay down and sleep or try to keep going. Then a soldier says that he is going the same way as Henry and will give him a lift. The man takes Henry back to his regiment and leaves. Henry never saw his face and will never know who he was. Who was the man who rescued and helped Henry? Was he from a different regiment?

Chapter 11

This chapter starts out with the noise of the battle growing louder and louder as he comes closer. He suddenly feels a great urge to fight and he begins to start going to the front line to fight. But then second guesses himself and doesn't go and says that if the men see him still alive, they would know he ran in the other battles. So he doesn't go into the battle. He is very hard on himself saying that he is a villain and that the dead soldiers on the battlefield are his responsibility and that he is there murderer for not being there to fight with them. He wishes he was dead himself. Once again I question why enlisted in the first place. I think that he is beginning to go insane. Why doesn't Henry just get over himself and fight?

QUIZ 1

1. What does the title of this book mean? Be specific in your response, noting Henry's comments.

The red badge of courage means when a man is wounded or is bleeding after battle, he has a red badge of courage. The red badge is the blood on the uniform. Henry notes this in his thoughts when he meets the tattered soldier, he says the man had a red badge of courage. Meaning that he was wounded in a courageous battle.

2. What is the importance of the tattered man? What does he represent?

I think the tattered man is significant because he is courageous, something that Henry is not. The purpose of the tattered man in the story is to show Henry just how cowardly he is for running away from the battles. The tattered man is severely wounded but still has the courage to help others and not worry about himself. Unlike Henry who doesn't fight and is worried about his own saftey more than that of his fellow soldiers.

3. What role does Henry's mother play while he is away from her?

I think his mother has a big role in the story because he didn't want him to go in the first place and also because he wants to be home. She kind of represents the farm and he constantly says how he wishes he was back working on the farm and that he was not made for the war atmosphere.

4. How does Henry use the squirrel to justify his actions?
The squirrel helps Henry justify his actions because he says that it is common for everything in nature to run. So he throws an nut at a squirrel and it runs away to find a hidding spot. This once again reassures that it was ok to run and that he is not a coward. Henry tells himself that he didn't do anything wrong and that it happens to everything in nature.

Chapter 10

This chapter starts out with the other tattered soldier and Henry talking about how brave Jim was and how much of a "jim dandy" he was. Then Henry's companion continues to ask Henry where his injuries are located but Henry tries to put off the question and finally tells the soldier to leave him alone. He then walks away and feels a sort of envy to those who lay dead on the ground. He says he wishes he was dead himself. Where is Henry going? Is he going to fight in the battle? I think that Henry should go and fight and make up for running away the first time.

Chapter 9

Henry continues walking with the soldiers but runs away when the soldier he is talking to asks him where he was wounded. He was not wounded since he didn't fight so he was ashamed and felt guilty. He then continues walking and finds Jim alive but all bloody and tattered. Jim says he is afraid he will fall and get run over by artilery wagons but Henry tells him that he will take care of him. Jim tells Henry to leave him and go on. Henry keeps asking him to keep walking and that he will get run over, Jim tells him to leave him be and starts convulsing and dies. Who is the other tattered soldier with Henry? I think Jim was a great soldier and died the way he wanted to, in battle.

Chapter 8

Henry hears the roar of men at war and of musketry. He is interested and tries to get a closer and better look at the battle. He walks through the forest past dead body after dead body and finally gets to a road where he can see the soldiers. They are walking down the alley moaning and groaning in pain and also cheering. Henry then joins in with the marching men. A wounded man walking beside him says how good of a fight it was and how courageous his men were. Henry then starts to feel guilty again for running away from his regiment during battle. Why does the narrorator always refer to Henry and the " youth"? I think Henry is coward and he should not have enlisted in the war if he was not ready to fight.

Chapter 7

Henry notices that his regiment had won and succedded to push back the enemy without he and the others who ran. He felt betrayed by his regiment since they went on without him and said they were stupid for not running from the enemy. He felt that they would face annihilation and said he was following the rules. I think this was just his scapegoat for telling himself he is not a coward. He then walks far from the battle and takes an interest in nature. He then walks into a grove and finds a dead soldier with ants eating away at him and is deeply sadended. Why is he away from the battle? Is he done fighting? Is he going to ever catch up to his regiment and how will he find them? Or maybe they are all dead.

Chapter 6

Henry wakes up feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment thinking that the big battle was won and he had survived. Then they see and hear the rebel army charging again and they can't believe it. Henry stops and thinks a while saying this it can't be possible that they would fight again, so soon. But the firing begins and smoke is everywhere. Many of his comrades begin to run so he does likewise. But Henry's regiment holds back the enemy again without him and the others who ran. Why does the commander never call for supports? Why don't they get more soliders/support? I think Henry's courage is really challenged again when they are attacked for a second time. He stays strong even though many of his men are running away.

Chapter 5

This is the chapter where the fighting really begins. It starts out with the enemy charging towards Henry and his regiment. Henry does not run as he thought he would, instead he gets a great sense of belonging and he gets a sense of anger. He says he felt the battle brotherhood. Many men are dying to his left and right and everywhere including the commander. He shows the courage to keep fighting. I think that you see that Henry is not the coward that he is depicted to be in the first couple chapters where he says he will run in the heat of battle. Who will take over of the regiment since the commander died? Will Henry play a bigger role?

Chapter 4

This is the shortest chapter of the book so far. The soldiers stop in a grove and hear gunfire and see men running around. Bullets then start to be fired into the forest in which they are sitting. Men are ducking and dodging bullets and Henry's commander is shot in the hand. Henry consults with running away from the gunfire and war and going home. He says he might very likely run with the best of them. Who/what is Saunders? One of the soldiers says Saunders got crushed.

Chapter 3

The men continue marching stopping only to eat and sleep. The men hear gunfire and start running towards where in is occuring. They keep walking closer to the gunfire and Henry is sure that his commander is leading them into death. The soldiers walk for a while and begin to get impatient. Henry gets more and more nervous as the gunfire gets louder and closer. As the fighting begins Wilson tells Henry he feels he is going to die and hands him a note and tells him to give it to his parents. Why does Wilson hand Henry the note and not someone else? Did Henry know Wilson's parents? The characters stay the same, we don't meet anyone new.

Chapter 2

Characters: Wilson- He is a soldier in Henry's regiment. It turns out that what Jim and the rest of the town told Henry and the other soldiers was not true. There was not a battle and the wait continued. The beginning of this chapter tells about Henry's regiment being given orders to start marching. The soldiers do not know when they will start fighting. Henry begins to struggle to find confidence in his desire to fight and he also questions his his courage. He no longer wants to be a soldier and says he wishes he was still working at the farm and that he is not fit to be a soldier. He then asks a man named Wilson if he fears that he will run when the fighting starts. The man laughs at him and says he would never run. This makes Henry feel worse and he then goes to bed feeling scared and nervous. Why did he enlist in the war if he didn't know for sure that he wanted to be a soldier?

Chapter 1

Characters: Henry, the main character, wants to enlist in the army. Jim- a tall soldier. The main character, Henry, tells his mom he is going to enlist in the army. His mother is against the idea and says he is needed more on the farm than on the field of battle. But Henry enlists anyway and gets a long speech from his mother as he leaves. He then travels to the camp and begins to second guess his decision of enlisting in the army. Especially after the rumors start floating around town that they will begin a battle. He wonders if he will run when he gets in the heat of battle but then is reassured by another older soldier named Jim. What war is going on or beginning in the book?