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Mario Alexis Moreno Herrera Sergio Valdivia Corona, Ingles III

The red badge of courage


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Well here is my review of the book and I really liked a lot Set in the American Civil War, the story follows the adventures of a soldier belonging to the Union Army, Henry Fleming, after escaping from the battlefield for fear war. Distraught by experiencing shame then longs for a wound-a "Red Badge of Courage" - intended to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment new account faces the enemy, Henry acts as the flag bearer. Autor Crane was the fourteenth child and last floor of a marriage belongs to the Methodist Church. In 1890 he moved to New York to work on his own as a reporter in the slums, working alongside their poverty would have provided material for his first novel. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) is his original novel, published under a pseudonym and had to pay for himself, he earned the praise of many writers, but not a commercial success (now a classic). He attended The Red Badge of Courage (1896), a highly lyrical and realistic story about the American Civil War, which is still internationally recognized as a psychological study, accurate and deep of a young soldier. For certain episode of a civil war is described by its internal (labor, constant reprints, was brought to film by John Huston excellent). Although he never lived military experiences, which describes the tests of combat has revealed in his work (based on documents and imagination), prompting many American and foreign journalists to hire him as a war correspondent in thirty days (war Greece and Turkey, 1897) and in the Spanish-American War (1898). In 1896 the ship that accompanied an expedition of the United States in Cuba, shipwrecked and spent four days adrift, which eventually caused his tuberculosis. These experiences reflected in the storybook The Open Boat and Other Tales (1898). In 1897, he settled in England, where he became friends with writers Henry James and Joseph Conrad, who praised his great novel. Shortly before his death, it became probably his most popular book, Whilomville Stories Pgina 1

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(1900). Naturalism Crane is not so desperate as mile Zola and is also permeated by a strong lyricism. He wrote a total of twelve books to die of tuberculosis at age 28 in Badenweiler (Germany). A satire of the romantic temperament left unfinished, The O'Ruddy, was completed by Robert Barr and was released in 1903. Personajes principales

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William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (October 29, 1921 January 22, 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters "Willie and Joe", two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field. These cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States. Douglas Dick (born November 20, 1920, Charleston, West Virginia) is a retired American actor. Douglas Dick is best known for his role as Carl Herrick in the TV series Waterfront (19541955), and as Kenneth Lawrence in the Alfred Hitchcock film Rope (1948).

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Dick made seven guest appearances on Perry Mason throughout the duration of the TV Series from 1957 to 1966. In 1959 he played Fred Bushmiller in the title role in "The Case of the Watery Witness." In the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Glamorous Ghost," he played Walter Richey, a hotel clerk and the murderer. Royal Edward Dano (November 16, 1922 May 15, 1994) was an American film and television character actor. Dano was born in New York City to Mary Josephine (ne O'Connor), an Irish immigrant, and Caleb Edward Dano, a printer for newspapers.[1] He reportedly left home at the age of twelve and at various intervals, lived in Florida, Texas and California. After reaching an agreement with his father, he agreed to continue his education, on the condition that he be allowed to travel.[citation needed]He was a Mason and a member of Al Malaikah Shrine in Los Angeles, Ca. Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in Britain during World War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidently sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948).Because of his very tall frame (6 feet, 6 inches) and sinister appearance, Dierkes enjoyed a long career as a character actor, often portraying villains or soldiers.Dierkes died in 1975 of emphesyma and was survived by his wife Cynthia, two sons, and two daughters.

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Approach.
Although Crane was born after the end of the war, coupled with the fact that his time had not directly witnessed the battle, the novel is renowned for its realism. He began to write what would become his second novel in 1893, for which he used numerous contemporary items (for example, those previously published by Century Magazine) as inspiration. Researchers in the field have said that the writer was based on the Battle of Chancellorsville to create the main concept of the mock battle. It also said at the time that had interviewed veterans, members of the Volunteer Cavalry Regiment n. 124, New York, commonly known as the "Orange Blossoms".Rather than describing mostly the external world around him. Also notable for the use of what Crane called a "psychological representation of fear", 1 allegorical and symbolic qualities of the book are often analyzed by literary critics. The main topics are exploring the maturation history, heroism, cowardice and indifference towards nature. The Red Badge of Courage won wide acclaim shortly after its publication, so Crane debuted as a professional writer at the age of 24 years, including Herbert George Wells cited "an orgy of praise" in relation to the acceptance of the Press literaria.2 However, both the novel and its author faced detractors, such as author and veteran Ambrose Bierce. After becoming a bestseller in its time, there have been several film adaptations. Thus, it is ranked as the most important novel of Crane, and one of the most representative texts of American literature.

Knot.
It is like a day on a cold day, the fictional New York Regiment n. 304 expected a battle next to a river. Henry Fleming, a soldier of 18 years, as she recalls the idealized reasons why he joined the army and the consequent reproaches her mother about it, she wondered whether to keep brave face climate of fear that he has, or will turn and flee. Given this, is comforted by one of his old friends, Jim Conklin, who admits that he would flee from the battle if their partners also fled. In the first battle of the regiment, soldiers rammed the Confederate Army, but are repelled. Quickly, the enemy regrouped and once again attacks, by forcing some Union soldiers, who were not prepared for this new attack, to flee. Fearing that the battle was a lost cause, Henry defects in his regiment. Shortly after arriving at the rear of the army general who listens to announce the victory of the Union. Desperate, he said he was not like all those others was a stupid coward admitted it was impossible ever were to become a hero. Those pictures of glory were somewhat pitiful. He groaned from the depths of his heart and went staggering.

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Outcome.
The next morning Henry again another battle for the third time. Along with his regiment, he encounters a small group of Confederates, and the confrontation proves to be a soldier capable of fighting in the field, comforted by the thought that his previous cowardice not witnessed since "had carried out all their actions in the dark, and so was still a man . Later, when searching a current which obtain water with a friend, discovers through demonstrations by the commanding officer of his regiment has a lackluster reputation . The officer speaks casually of sacrificing 304 regiment as nothing more than "mule drivers" and "idiots." Despite this, no other regiments, so that the general orders his men forward. In the final battle, Henry serves as the flag carrier after the fall of the respective escort. A set of confederates, hidden behind a fence beyond a clearing, shoot with impunity Henry's regiment, which is poorly covered in a tree line. Opposing a devastating fire should remain on the site, and a disgrace if inclined to surrender, officers enunciated an onslaught. Disarmed, Henry addresses men avoiding any injury. Most Confederate group escapes before the regiment arrives, although four of them are taken prisoner. The novel concludes with the following: Two days of fighting in a battlefield forest and focused through the senses of a raw recruit excited Union, Henry Fleming. The dream of heroism, but embarrassingly discover their own mortal fear of danger and death - and fear itself - who flees his first encounter with Confederate troops. But when drawn back into the battle to win by accident his "red badge", meaning wound initiation into adulthood and possession of value to enter the world of men. The Red Badge of Courage conveys immediacy intense sensations, colors, fever and chaos of battle. It focuses on the experience of an individual soldier, and is one of the few novels written before this century that meets our modern sense of the realities of war mass. Bored with farm life, and they want a little excitement, Henry Fleming sets off to join the Union troops fighting the Civil War. An inexperienced fighter, he is eager to go into battle to prove their patriotism and bravery. He struts to keep spirits waiting for battle, but when he suddenly got into the slaughter that is overcome with blind fear and runs from. While we, as humans, all have a built-in survival instinct, we also see people doing courageous acts all the time. Firefighters routinely rush into burning buildings to rescue people theyve never even met. We hear stories of heroes like Oskar Schindler, a German member of the Nazi party who worked to save Jews during WWII.

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Themes
The police man himself started going over the cliff as well, but would not let go of the young man to save himself (both were rescued by Another police officer) (Source: Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth. New York: Anchor Books, 1991). So it looks like there must be something that trumps survival instinct. Is it a moral imperative? A religious one? Is it love? Duty? Fear of guilt? Its difficult to pick any one of these, but what they all seem to have in common is the sense of the individual belonging to a whole, to something bigger than just himself

Evaluation
I liked the book because treatment of the war, and is a great novel in outcome, my opinion is that thanks to the teacher who by now left us to read the book, and well the first it was the story I liked most. the adventures of a soldier belonging to the Union Army, Henry Fleming, after escaping from the battlefield for fear of war. Distraught by experiencing shame then longs for a wound-a "Red Badge of Courage" - intended to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment new account faces the enemy, Henry acts as the flag bearer.

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