The Red Badge Of Courage 2
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The Red Badge of Courage is the story of a young man named
Henry Fleming. The novel concerns only two days in his life and he is
a boy when the novel begins, a man when the novel ends. He enlists in
the 304th Regiment of New York Volounteers against his mother's
wishes, and spends many boring month ....
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.... of himself. As he wanders in the rear of
the fighting, he encounters a dead soldier. Eventually he falls in
with some wounded men and witnesses the death of his close friend, Jim
Conklin. As a result of that, he deserts another friend dying and
runs. He wants to make a wound for himself so that he is removed from
the battle, and by accident is hit on the head by a deserter. He's
discovered by another soldier, who helps him return to his regiment.
There he lies and says he was wounded in ....
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