"The Red Badge of Courage" is the story of a young boy's journey through the Civil War and his quest for manhood. Henry, or The Youth as he is known in the book, he is very naive at the beginning of the book. He sees the war as something more glamorous and romantic than it actually is. He is very innocent and unaware of how Henry's only desire is he believes that fighting in the war is will ensure this. The idea that Henry had in mind about war being so exciting and creating heroes makes a lot of sense. War has always been something fascinating in the world, whether it's a book or a movie. , war always seems like something fascinating. They make it seem like a fascinating adventure that changes you for the better and afterwards you are seen as a hero. Henry takes a lot from the Greek gods, where many war heroes are found What people don't understand is that these stories and these films are not realistic. They show war in a nicer way. They romanticize it and make it something better than it really is. Stephen Crane does the opposite with his book "The Red Badge of Courage". Show people what war is really like. He doesn't try to hide the horrifying reality. It's a completely different experience reading Crane's book than other war stories. Crane shows the world that war is not something you want. War doesn't make you a hero, in fact sometimes it can do the opposite. War shows the men in the story who they truly are in times of danger, and Henry soon discovers that he is not the brave, heroic hero he once thought he was. When the enemy arrived, the first thing Henry did was run and he never let himself hear the end of it. Henry's greatest fear in the b... middle of paper... is not something you want to do. It's not a fun journey to take. It's not at all how it's portrayed in movies and stories. It's a scary thing. It's a disturbing thing. It's mentally taxing. It is life-changing for those in and around it. It's something people shouldn't have to deal with. It will change you forever and not in the way you would like to be changed. The resulting memories will haunt you and you will never be able to forget what you saw. War is not a beautiful thing, it's the opposite. Crane understood this and that is why his book is so realistic. "The Red Badge of Courage" is the story of how war turns a boy into a man. Show how you will do things that you will later forget. How could you have the wrong idea of ​​how brave and courageous you are. This book shows how one event can change a man forever.