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how can we read The Red Badge of Courage from a new historicist perspective?
Brian Coletta An indictment on the ethos which contribute to humans killing other humans simply because they are ordered to do so. A very emotional and realistic po…moreAn indictment on the ethos which contribute to humans killing other humans simply because they are ordered to do so. A very emotional and realistic portrayal of the experience one has before, during, and after combat. Before, the youthful soldier dreams of glory, escaping the mundane existence he knows to become a hero for god and country. The sheer lunacy of Civil War combat is reflected in the chaotic nature of the soldier's experience, and the red badge of courage he earns is not at all the one might expect. I highly recommend it, as Crane pulls back the veil and exposes armed conflict for what it really is through the eyes of a naive young man(less)
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