Throughout history, war has been considered a time where a man shows what he is made of or show off his manhood. In The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane represents Henry Fleming, who searches for himself while fighting in the Civil War. Crane lived in a time where war was not seen for many generations. He lived during the Gilded Age, which was between the Civil War and World War I. Although Crane had never served in the armed forces but he had a vivid imagination of how the experience would be like. Crane entered the novel as Henry Fleming. Fleming was the character, which Crane envisioned whom would
portray him if he had lived during that time period. Fleming entered the war where he would prove his manhood and prove that he had courage within him.
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