Stephen Crane wrote a story called "The Red badge of Courage" which we had to read in Pod #3. I really enjoyed the story, I won't explain a lot of it since the class already read it but I thought it was a good story to show the history of war. Throughout most of the story the main character Henry is in a war but constantly keeps running away from his duties and anything he is afraid of. Not only that but he also lies to the soldiers on his side about how he got certain wounds and how he escaped certain situations. As it progresses though, Henry starts doing what he is there to do and ends up being a really good soldier.
I think this story demonstrates how people feel in actual war. Not only in the past, but todays wars also. War is a scary activity that has been a common form of mankind since weapons were made and I think it would be weird not to be afraid of war. This story shows how people have to constantly face their fears even if they don't want to be there. The story just made me think how people in an actual war environment would react to certain situations. That is why I think this story correlates to history.
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