This book is about a young boy and his time dealing with war. He is a union solider in the Civil War. He must learn to deal with his feelings and emotions during this difficult time.

Beautiful almost child-like recording of a young civil war soldier and the horror of war.

Harry Fleming, a coward, goes off to war, thinking it is a glorious thing that will make him famous and well-known. Soon, he discovers that war isn't all about glory and does anything necessary to save his own hide in the midst of battle.
I would recommend this book to people who use a lot of imagination when they read, otherwise, it will be very boring. ( )

I was absorbed in reading change of Henry's feelings.
This story is a bit brief, but this is rich in content. And this book made me think something about war.
I'd like to watch movie if I have a opportunity, ( )

Some Call it a Classic, but I’m not Sure Why
When I chose to read The Red Badge of Courage I had certain expectations for the book. Being regarded as a classic I assumed there would be epic struggles throughout the book, focusing on soldiers of different ranks and authority as they fought and died with honor and dignity. I also thought that the book would be easy to read and comprehend, since it isn’t a very long book. Because it was such a short book I also figured that it would immediately jump into the action and grab me making me want to read more and more. After I started reading it though, I knew I was in for a much different experience.
If I had made a smart decision I would have stopped reading The Red Badge of Courage and picked up another book after the first couple chapters. The way they were written made important features to the story seem confusing and uninteresting by using strange narrative choices and unrecognizable terminology (to me at least). I kept on reading because I knew it was a classic, so I figured that the story was going to get better. To my disappointment as the story went on, the action became more abundant, but the way it was portrayed was unchanging. Although these complaints are probably just my feelings caused from not being exposed to this type of literature, I suspect that I am not the only individual who had trouble reading this book.
Another reason I found this book hard to read is the dialogue. Most of the conversations consist of dialogue such as, “Well, he was a reg’lar jim-dandy fer nerve, wa’n’t he?”. This is interesting at first, but about halfway through I was tired of it. I think that the book would have been better if the strange talking was just toned down a bit.
I enjoyed the characters in this book for the most part, but only a couple of them were memorable. The author of The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane, portrays the characters in a strange way. For instance, Henry Fleming, the main character, is often referred to as, “The Youth”, and is rarely referred to by his actual name. this let me connect to him in a different way, but it takes so long for him to introduce his name that it became annoying. He also did the same thing with all the other characters in the book, referring to people as “The Wounded Soldier”, and “The Lieutenant”. One of the things I truly admired about this book was the character progression throughout the story. I liked the way “The Youth” became stronger and more courageous from battle to battle and how his views changed about his fellow soldiers.
Overall I was not very fond of The Red Badge of Courage mainly because it was tough to read. All the strange narrative and dialogue choices made me have to read certain parts two or three times before I truly understood what was going on. I didn’t necessarily have a problem with the events that took place in the story, in fact I found them to be a bit interesting, I just did not like the way the book was written. Looking back now, I can understand why others may have liked this book, but it just wasn’t for me. ( )