F. Scott Fitzgerald

He and his wife were living in New York and He wanted tranquility so he moved to France. This is where he wrote the great gatsby. While they were in France his wife was cheating on him with a French naval officer. Also they became good friends with some expatriots people that had left the u.s. Then they moved back to the states then back to Europe and then his wife had a mental break down. he loved to live life to the fullest and have everything his wife was also like this.\
For Fitzgeralds quote i think that he meant that he wanted to write for the next generation and the next generation of critics because he wanted his books to influence the next group of people that live. And when he says to write it for the schoolmasters forever neans that no matter how old i gets the lessons are still the same and people can still relate
Historical events of the 1920's: Prohibition, Woman's Suffrage, Stock Market crash in 29, It was also the jazz age, Walt Disney produced their first sound cartoon.
The latin quote means i have made a monument more lasting than bronze.

Thesis

In the book “The Red Badge of Courage,” most of the main characters put on a figurative mask to try and be someone they are not or mask their true emotions.
The first character that I will illustrate this is with Henry. In the beginning of the book he says that he really wants to fight and that he is ready to fight. But inside he is very scared. He is scared that he will run when the battle comes. I also think that he puts on a mask for his mother because he doesn’t really want to go. Also he tries to become a leader so he can cover up him running. So basically he tries to cover up or mask is fear and guilt for running by trying to act very courageous. I also think that he has a fear of the unknown because he doesn’t know what is going to happen in the battle but he tries to make it look like he has got it all under control and is ready for whatever it throws at him but he is really not because he is constantly thinking about how he doesn’t know. “He had had the belief that real war was a series of death struggles with small time in between for sleep and meals; but since his regiment had come to the field the army had done little but sit still and try to keep warm.”(Crane1) I think that this quote shows that he fears what he doesn’t know and that he tries to make himself believe what he wants to.
The next person is Wilson. I think he is very scared also. He doesn’t want people to know this though. How he masks it is being very loud and obnoxious. I think that he also tries to get people to notice him like when he started the rumor that they were going to march and he almost got in a fight because of it. Also at the beginning of the story when him and Henry are just sitting there talking, Henry asks him if he thinks he will run when the battle comes and when he does this Wilson gets all mad and stands up and stomps away. So I think that that is his attempt at trying to mask his fear of the battle. I think that Wilson kind of breaks out of this mask because he turns very genuine towards the end of this book and really seems to act like himself and not try to just impress anyone. “He and the loud one came near to fighting over it.” (Crane1) This shows that he is trying to act all tough.
I think that another person that puts on a mask is the Captain. I think that inside he is not very confident. Also I think that he is also scared in battle especially the ones that he knows the odds are not in their favor. I think what he does is try and act very tough basically indestructible during the course of battle. Also when he sees a soldier running it is his duty to basically beat them so they will turn around and I think this makes him seem very tough. But also he is just really mean to the solders sometimes and I think this is an effort to hide his fear of the unknown which is he doesn’t know what is going to happen in the next battle. “The colonel came running along the back of the line. There were other officers following him. "We must charge'm!" they shouted. "We must charge'm!" they cried with resentful voices, as if anticipating a rebellion against this plan by the men.”(Crane23) I think that this shows how he was unsure of their actions.

Character List

Henry Fleming- Main character, young man fighting for the union in the civil war.
Jim Conklin- Man that Henry sees die that is from his regiment.
Wilson- Henry's good friend that is one of the other best fighters along with Henry.
tattered soldier- Acts as Henry's conscience after he ran from the first battle.
Lieutenant- Leader of Henry's brigade. Not very nice to them while they are fighting.
Henry's Mother- Was the voice of reason when Henry wanted to go to war. Tells him that he needs to stay true to himself and stay away from the bad people.

Chapter 24

So basically in this chapter Henry's unit gets instructed to march back toward the river and while they are doing this henry reflects on his war experience. he thinks that he is happy with himself for his efforts in the last few battles. he is not happy however for his effort in the first battle. He has also changed a lot as a person he has grown up a lot and matured. also when he is going backthe sun peeks out and is very symbolic because he is becoming happy with himself. also he is more about the brigade and less about him.

Chapter 23

in this chapter they are still getting beaten pretty bad and the leader says that they have to charge so since henry is holding the flag he leads the charge and all the men follow. They rush the fence of rebels and have an intense fight and actually start pushing them back. then henry sees that the person holding the rebel flag is wounded so him and wilson go over and pry the flag fom his dying hands and feel a good sense of accomplishment since they have driven the opponent back and captured their flag. Wilson ends up with the flag and the rebs retreat and they are all very very happy about the win. I think that this is a huge boost to henry and his buddies. henry lays down in the grass content and starts to reflect. Is this going to be the last battle of the book?

Chapter 22

In this chapter henry is all ready for the next battle since he has been complimented so much on his loyalty and his good fighting skills. He carries the flad to the next battle and they start fighting as they fight henry starts to notice what is going on around him more and more until he basically stops fighting. He spends most of the battle in almost a trance and just watches everything happen. He looks around and sees that there are a lot of men being shot and there forces are weakening considerably. He notises though that the lutenint and wilson are not hurt yet. And he starts thinking about himself dying and resolves not to retreat no matter what happens. He thinks that if he dies the general will be upset since he is a good fighter and that that is revenge against him if he dies. i think that henry is getting to be pretty full of himself and think that he is relly doing the army a favor by being there. I wonder if his whole regiment is going to get wiped out?

Chapter 21

in this chapter the men are still felling very good for what they did but then the general comes over and starts just ripping them apart and says that they suck and that they were a hundred yards away from a good charge. hearing this all the men of the regiment get mad and hateful and say that they really hate the general and that they did do a great fight and that he jsut must not have seen them and that they all fought their hearts out and they did great. and the general just keeps going on about how bad they are and they all fell very bad. But then a soldier comes up to wilson and henry and says that the general did compliment them and said that they were the best fighters of the lot and basically the only good ones. This makes them feel very good and he also compliments him on picking the flag back up and leading all the men with it. I think that this boosts his self asteem a ton and that he really feels good about himself. I wonder if they will e in any more great battle?

Chapter 20

I thought that in the last chapter Henry had picked up the flag but apparently not becaue they like fight over it ib the beggining of this chapter ecause henry wants it and wilson has it. Henry ends up getting it and is very proud of this like i said before. That i think that he is very proud of himself for having the flag. Then he starts thinking about how this is an impossible task for them to beat them and he looks around and most of the men had scattered off into the woods to try and fight from there. Henry starts thinking about how he wants to do something great so badly so that he can prove the officer wrong that thinks they suck at fighting so this mounts lots of rage up in him. Then hthe rebs come down on them and start fighting and suprisingly the men make a good defensive opposition and hold them off and make them flee. when this happens henry feels very proud of his regiment. then after they do this they all feel very uplifted and confident. I think that this was a huge victory for them. I wonder if their moral will stay high or if it will get knocked down by someone?

Chapter 19

In this chapter they go and start running. They all run for all they are worth. a lot of the men are being picked off by the rebs that they are running through. it says that while they run they leave a small trail of bodies the whole way. they stop 2 times throughout their march and when they do they get yelled at and because of this Henry gets very angry with the commander. Then while they are running they follow the flag and Henry describes it as a red and white woman. and says that it sems like it can save lives itself. then all of the sudden the color guard gets shot and henry runs over and gets the flag and keeps on running with it. I think that this shows great dedication on his part and loyalty. you can tell i think that he feels great pride in being able to hold the flag and wants to do it well. I wonder of Henry will make it through alive?

Chapter 18

In this chapter they are all just standing around listening to the other battles taking a break. Then one soldier gets shot and falls to the ground and starts rolling around screaming. He says that he wants water so Wilson and Henry go to get it because there is supposed to be a stream near by. So they go but they don't find a stream but they do find a general and another soldier talking and he says that they basically need a suiceide unit and theychoose Henry and wilson's. They are very suprised by this so they hurry back to camp and tell the men that they are going to charge but not that they are all suoosed to die. I think that by not telling them they show agreat deal of will power. I wonder if they will prove them wrong or if they will all die?

Chapter 17

in this chapter when the rebs finally come henry loses all sense of feeling and just focuses on one thing and that is killing people. He starts firing his weapon that the barrel gets so hot he shouldnt even be able to touch it buthe still grabs it anyway and keeps loading and firing cartriges. then when the enemy flees and there is a break he doesnt even know it and just keeps on going until someone stops him. then they all say how great he was fighting and wilsoncomes over and asks him if he is feeling alright. then his officeer comes over and says that he wishes all his men fought like that and if they did he would have the whole rebel army whipped in a week. I think that this makes Henry feel very good about himself once he realizes what is going on. He doesnt even know that he could fight like that he just starts going crazy. He says that he thinks it is impossinle to win and that is what makes him fight so hard. I wonder what he will do when the next attack comes?

Chapter 16

They finally get to another battle but they are just kind of standing around waiting for the enemy to come upon them. While they are standing there the men were talking about how the generals suck that command them and that the reason they lose is because they jsut set them up for failure. then the commanding officer broke them up and said that they do more talking than they do fighting and that maybe that is why they got whooped. Then right as the chapter finishes up they start to see the rebs and hear gunshots. It says that the men seem to be very tired because they don't get enough sleep. I think that this will have a negative affect on their fighting skills. I wonder if Henry will run again once the fighting starts?

Chapter 15

In this chapter they are all lines up with weapons ready waiting to go to the fight and henry remembers the letter that wilson gave him. He yells at him but then decides not to tell him. he starts thinking and is almost happy that he has it because if he ever questions His whereabouts then he has somehting on him that he can use to deture the subject. He starts feeling superior to him because he had a very bad moment of weakness. Then after he thinks awhile wilson yells at him and tells him that he is very embarrassed and that he wants the letters back. this makes henry not feel so great about himself anymore. I wonder if anything else will knock him off his horse?

Chapter 14

In this chapter Henry wakes up the next day and he feels like he has been sleeping forever. When he wakes up he looks around at all the men around him and thinks that they are all dead. But then they wake up and all start getting up. Wilson comes to him and asks him how he is feeling and all that and he says that he still feels pretty bad. Then as they talk a little bit henry can tell that though the battle wilson has changed and its almost like he grew up and henry likes this about him. i think that henry kind of wishes that he would also grow up like this. then two guys almost get into a fight and wison goes out and brakes it up. then wilson tells henry that most of the scattered also and fought with other batallions. i wonder if he will say that that is what he did too.

Chapter 13

In this chapter he gets back to his camp and finds his regiment and all that. And he talks to his buddy wilson he feels deeply sorry that henry is wounded. He tells him that he got shot in the head which is a lie. So they take him and lay him down by the fire and get him all tended to and get him some coffee and all that good stuff. And Wilson gives him his blanket and all of his sleeping stuff and also bandages his wound. and i think that Henry feels kind of guilty about this because he wasn't really shot he was hit in the head with a gun. I think its funny because the corporal says it just looks like he got hit in the head with a blunt object which is what really happened. So then he ends up just falling asleep. I wonder how he will feel in the morning?

Chapter 12

In this chapter while Henry is staring at the battle all the men stat retreting and running right past Henry, he is trying to ask them what they are doing as they run by but none of them pay any attention to him. So finally he grabs a guy buy the shirt and asks him what is happening and the guy flips out. And ultimatly hits him in the head with his rifle. This knocks Henry down on the ground for a while and he has trouble walking afterwords. Then while he is stumbling along a man comes up and starts talking to him. he tells him that he doesn't look too good and that he will help him find his regiment. so they start walking and talking and the man starts talking about the battle today and how he saw a man die and it was tradgic and he was a good man and all that. Then they come to the camp and he says that he found Henry's regiment and points them out to him and then walks away. And as he is walking away he realizes that he never even saw the face of the man that just helped him so much. I think that henry is scared all the time about if people are going to find out or not about him. I wonder if he will go to his regiment right away or if he will just lay low for a little while longer?

Chapter 11

In this chapter Henry hears the battle get louder and he starts going towards it. He sees a bunc of infantry men going toward the battle that actually look like they are happy or excited to go. And as he sees this he like starts getting himself going and starts to take off toward the battle ground but then realizes he doesn't have rifle so he can't fight. He also doesn't want to go because he is thirsty and hungry. he goes close to the battle field to see if he can tell who is winning. He almost hopes that his side is losing so that he can justify his action of runnung. he feels bad about what he did still and tries to justify his sctions once agian. Will he meet back up with his comrads again? I wonder if they will make fun of him?

Chapter 10

In this chapter henry and the tattered man talk a lot. the tattered man says that he has never seen a man pass like he just saw jim do. he said that it was the funniest thing that he had ever seen. I don't think that it would be funny to seesomoen e die though. then the tattered man keeps asking henry questions and brings back up the subject of him and where he was hurt and every time henry had no reply. Finally the tattered man gets done with his rambling and askes him flat out where he was wounded and then henry gets pissed and walks away. then climbs a fence. and the tattered man is near death i think cause he starts saying things that don't make any sense. Where is Henry going to go now?

Chapter 9

In chapter 9 he is trying to get away from the tattered man so he is going ahead in the line and all of the sudden he sees a man that looks like he is already dead. a lot of soldiers are asking him if he wants help but he says no to all of them. Then something happens and he turns in the direction of henry and he realizes that it is jim cocklin. So then they talk a little bit and jim says that if a artillery regiment brings its carts down the road that he wants henry to get him out of the way. so he agrees and then the tattered man shows up and says that there is carts coming down the raod and jim starts running around. Something overtakes him that none of them can explain. They try and talk to him to get him out of the way but he will not move. then finally they do get him to move and he takes off toward a brush pile. at this point the tattered man and henry just watch him. He starts fighting for air and then eventually falls down and ultimatly dies. This upsets henry very much and he starts screaming. In either this chapter or the last one it talks about what the red badge of courage is and it is when someone is wounded during battle. And the red simbolizes the blood and the badge of courage is the wound itself.

Chapter 8

In chapter 8 he starts int the forest by himself then he hears more gunshots and he goes toward them. Then while he is going towards the battle he meets the line of wounded men. so he starts walking next to them and the person he is walking next to is the tattered man. he starts talking about how all the men fought so bravely and wonderfully. He says how everyone thought that they were going to run but they didn't they stayed and fought very bravely and i think that this makes Henry feel very very guilty. So they just talk a little bit and then the tattered man asked him where he was hit and he got very guilty and walked away from him.

Chapter 7

In this chapter he tries to rationalize why he did the right thing by running away and the other men were just idiots for staying there. he also started feeling very bad about himself for nto being apart of the victory. He felt that he had let his comrads down i think although he doesn't admit it. I also think that he is very mad at himself for what he dia d and this is why he starts running into the forrest. he starts just going throught the brush to try and find an alone spot . he walks into this clearing and finds a dead body that has been there for awhile. he locks eyes with the dead man and gets very scared you can tell it has been there for awhile because the eyes look funny and the mouth instead of being red is yellow. also there was a bunch of ants crawling on the body and this really freaked him out. Then after a short whie he just took off running again through the woods thinking about the ants being on him. How does Henry feel about death?

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 starts with them being all happy that the held off the enemy, They are all standing around congratulating each other. They are all very tired and say that they can not do any more fighting for a week. Then all of the sudden the men start yelling again that there are more rebels coming. This makes everyone feel terrible. Henry says that his arms and legs feel like there is no blood flowing to them. Then he is starting to get his gun ready and he looks over at the other guy next to him who is trying to load his gun and then he thows down his gun and takes off. So that makes henry start to think. He starts thinking that the enemy must all be made out of steel. and that they can go forever. He fires one shot from his gun then runs away. he says that he doesn't feel bad though cause there are a lot of other men that ran also. Then he comes to a general and the general is not very happy but then they learn that they are holding them back at the line that Henry ran away from. And he is very happy. I wonder if the general will say anything to Henry? Or what he wil do now?

Chapter 5

In chapter 5 there are a lot of things that happen. one is that henry gets to experience his first fight. this is a huge experience for him because he has no idea what to do. But when the enemy draws near his body basically goes into auto pilot. He can't remember if he loaded his gun or not but all of the sudden he just picks it up and starts shooting. And right before this happens he sees an officer beating the piss out of another soldier that was trying to run and i think that that makes him do what he did also. he got this feeling that he was apart of something bigger than himself when his body just took over. Instead of feeling like he was there for himself like he thought he was he felt like he was there for his regiment and the whole army. He felt a certain brotherhood with the people that he was fighting with. Then he felt the affects of a war atmosphere: Blistering sweat, a sensation that his eyeballs were about to crack like hot stones, and a burning roar in his ears. then he felt the red rage. he felt like he could not killl the other men fast enough. He wanted to go out and start strangling them with his bare hands. He was ovedrcome with the feeling of just wanting to kill. then towards the end they realize that they have held them off and start cheering. I wonder how he will reflect of this first battle that he was in? I think it will put a good feeling in him.

Chapter 4

In this chapter they get to where they are going to fight and once they get there they set up lines. All these rumors start flying around about who is getting beat and who is winning. They can kind of see men running around in front of them but they don't really know what is going on. Then they see the regiment in front of them running back and henry knows that he is going to have to fight. And he is still scared of what he is going to do or not. Then he starts seeing the men run back from the other regiment and they are all tattered and torn up. Once he saw the look on the other men's face he didn't even need to see the enemy he already was thinking about running. He was also straining to see the enemy. I wonder what he will do when he does see the enemy?

Chapter 3

in the third chapter the regiment basically takes off at a sprint to the battle grounds but they don't really know where they are going. they get to a place they keep trying to think what is going to happen and Henry starts basically freaking out. he says how he thinks that the commanders are getting them into an ambush and that they are all gonna get slaughtered like pigs and he wants to just yell at everyone and tell them that they are in trouble and gonna die. But he holds his toungue. He also sees a dead man. he thinks about this dead man in regards to himself and how he is young just like him and wonders how the afterlife is. he tries to see the afterlife in his eyes that are gazed toward the sky. he also wonders if the price of being brave and possibly dying is worth the fight. it also talks about how all the men had different fighting styles and that some wanted to just stand there and fight but some wanted to hide. when he gets to the battlefield he expects to see this big grand battle but instead he just sees a bunch of small scirmashaes. he is somewhat disapointed by this. i wonder if he will fight or flight?

Quiz #1

1.What advice does Henry's mother give him? That while he is at war not to become someone he is not and to avoid bad people. Like the people that drink and smoke she said stay away from them. She said that she wanted him to stay true to himself.
2. What question is Henry struggling with? I think the biggest thing that he is struggling with is that he doesn't know what he is going to do when he comes to the battle. He is struggling with the thoughts of himself running just like the squirrel did when it git scared. and the whole time until they get to the scene of the first battle he is trying to think of what to expect. If it is gonna be a big field filled with courageous men or a bunch of scared boys.
3. What does the "dead soldier" represent? I think that the dead soldier tells them the cosequences of war. also it said something about how the soldier looked very poor and how he may have enlisted to make himself look better than he really is. he was trying to mask his poorness with his bravery.
4. What is the "red rage?" the red rage when people like freak out when they kill someone and they just go on a huge killing spree. also i think that you can kind of see it when it says that Henry slid down the bank of the ravene then sprinted up the other side because he wanted to see the battle that lay on the other side.

Chapter 2

Abstract:In this chapter they do move and march. they call Henry the youth. Henry talks about that he doesn't know if he really wanted to be a soldier or not. He says that sometimes he feels like he wants to still be at the farm with his mother but sometimes when he is thinking about great battles he still wants to be a soldier. The tall soldier comesover and sits by him and they have a little chat and the tall guy ends up getting mad and walking away because henry is asking him about running away.
Response:I think that Henry really is scared of fighting because he always has it in the back of his mind that he will run when the real fighting starts. I also think that he regrets desicion to join the army. He doesn't know if what he is feeling is natural that is why he askes the other guy to see how he feels.
Question: I wonder what he will act like when they do come to their first fight assuming they do.

Chapter 1

In the first chapter we are in an army camp. i think that the setting is during the civil war because they are blue and brass and are called Yanks. The camp that they are in has not seen any fighting yet but they are all itching to fight. There are always rumors being spread about when they are going to move into battle. the main character i think is Henry. He left his mothers farm to enlist. she was not very happy about this but she didn't really say too much about how she felt. the reason he joined was to be envolved in epic battles but there have been none yet and he is not very happy about this. there was also two soldiers that got into a little scuffle because one heard a rumor they were going to move and the other didn't believe it.