Describe the introduction of the youthful private. What aspects of the youthful private's introduction illustrate naturalism? Give textual examples to support your response.
Caiti o In the beginning of Red Badge Of Courage, Henry is the youthful private who has always wanted to go to war, or be in the army. It starts out as him asking if they are going to move out and fight the battle. The tall solider was trying to defend the rumor that he had introduced. His mom didn't like the idea that he had wanted to get enlisted in the army but she didn't tell him not to. When he had came home and told her that he had enlisted, she had said nothing about the subject when he had told her. He had a few thoughts of it was a mistake to join. He had also asked many of his other "team-mates" if they ever had thoughts of running from a battle, because that had also crossed his mind. Some aspects of his introduction that have naturalism are that he is trying to survive in the life of war. He is also taken by the nature of the war and his life. He says a lot about colors in nature and humans like, brown as his mothers face as he describes her sad and upset (48)2. Some other colors are the fairy blue to describe the sky as if it was the only delightful thing to look at (489).
The young private in Red Badge of Courage is someone that is of little importance. The first sign we get of this is when the author refers to him as "the youth", instead of his real name "Henry". So we already get a sense of this kid, but then the author goes on the describe how this boy got enlisted into the army. It describes a scene where he wants to enlist but is told otherwise by his mother. He enlists anyway, as an act of defiance you could say, and tells his mother. He saw entering the military with a "light of exitement and expectancy" (Pg. 481). Later on, we see this light of exitement and expectancy leave the soldier's eyes when he realizes the harsh reality of war. He has second thoughts on whether or not he really should be there. What is interesting during this ordeal is that he seems more worried about running away from the battle when it comes, than the actual battle itself.
The idea that this character enlisted on instinct, we can also see the character reduce to degrading behavior during unpleasant experiences. When describing the boys enlistment, it seems like he joined based on the idea that any war veteran is a hero, and went on instict instead of listening to what his mother said. We can see that his instinct was wrong when he is wondering whether he should have enlisted or not. He is willing to do anything, including running away, to survive, which is a naturalist characteristic.
Sarah G. The youthful private is a young boy who has never seen or been in a war. We first meet him when the other soldiers are talking about moving to a battle the next day. You can tell the youthful private is young and inexperienced by the way he hangs on every word that the other soldiers say. Nature is always described along with the camp the soldiers are in. In the first paragraph of the story, the regiment is only seen as "the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting" (479). Also, as talk of going to battle continued, the youthful private stood with the others "in the gloom before the break of the day their uniforms glowed a deep purple hue" (488). This is showing the scenery and how it affects the soldiers and how it is always around them.
Alex K. In the first few chapters of "Red Badge of Courage" Henry is introduced. He is introduced as a "youthful private" who had read about battle in books but had never actually experienced it. Henry's main focus had been on becoming a hero just like the other war veterans. When rumors start about the troops advancing and going into battle arise Henry's new main focus becomes running away from battle.
Naturalistic ideas are shown in the first few chapters. The idea that there is discussion of fate and hubris that affect a character; generally the controlling force is society and the surrounding environment is greatly shown when Henry asks multiple soldiers if they would ever run away from battle. One of the soldiers, Jimmy, tells Henry, "Well, I've thought it might get....I'd stand and fight. Be jiminy, I would. I'll bet on it." This shows naturalism because Jimmy would not run on his own but if the group, society, were to run away he would run too.
In The Red badge of courage the youthful private is also know as Henry. The youthful private has never fought in a battle before. He hears that a battle is about to be imminent. When youthful private returns back to the camp, he starts thinking about his decision of enlisting and how his mother reacted to his finale decision of enlisting in the war .Youthful private starts to get paranoid with the rumors he is hearing and what he is going to do if and when the battle begins. “In the darkness he saw Decision of a thousand-tongued fear that would babble at his back and cause him to flee, while others were going coolly about their country’s business , he admitted that he would not be able to cope with this monster (492). This demonstrates Naturalistic characteristics because he is paranoid and scared. His paranoia is getting to him .Youthful private has clearly put himself in a position which he was not mentally nor physically prepared for. He demonstrates fear through out the story he thinks of ways of escaping the war and recalls many times about his decision of enlisting in the war.He fears the reality of possibly dyeing.
The youthful Private (Henry) is described and portrayed as a very brave young man who knows what he wants to do, and that is go and fight in the war. His mother thinks that he should stay home and help take care of the farm, which in her eyes is something better for him to do with his life than to go to war. However, as the chapters progress we see the youthful start to question him going to war and wether is it was the right thing to do, and at point the narrator says "He remembered he had often cursed the brindle cow and her mates, and had sometimes flung milking stools. But, from his present point of view, there was a halo of happiness about each of their heads, and he would have sacrificed all the brass button on the continent to have enabled to return to them" (490). He also becomes very distant with his fellow soldiers, and questions him self as well as the tall man, wether he would run in war. It becomes hard for Henry to deal with the fact that he doesn't feel like a developed solider. All these feelings around him start to open his eyes, leading to his separation from the group, and "engaging with his own eternal debate" (489), regretting ever enlisting
Caiti o
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of Red Badge Of Courage, Henry is the youthful private who has always wanted to go to war, or be in the army. It starts out as him asking if they are going to move out and fight the battle. The tall solider was trying to defend the rumor that he had introduced. His mom didn't like the idea that he had wanted to get enlisted in the army but she didn't tell him not to. When he had came home and told her that he had enlisted, she had said nothing about the subject when he had told her. He had a few thoughts of it was a mistake to join. He had also asked many of his other "team-mates" if they ever had thoughts of running from a battle, because that had also crossed his mind. Some aspects of his introduction that have naturalism are that he is trying to survive in the life of war. He is also taken by the nature of the war and his life. He says a lot about colors in nature and humans like, brown as his mothers face as he describes her sad and upset (48)2. Some other colors are the fairy blue to describe the sky as if it was the only delightful thing to look at (489).
Griffin B
ReplyDeleteThe young private in Red Badge of Courage is someone that is of little importance. The first sign we get of this is when the author refers to him as "the youth", instead of his real name "Henry". So we already get a sense of this kid, but then the author goes on the describe how this boy got enlisted into the army. It describes a scene where he wants to enlist but is told otherwise by his mother. He enlists anyway, as an act of defiance you could say, and tells his mother. He saw entering the military with a "light of exitement and expectancy" (Pg. 481). Later on, we see this light of exitement and expectancy leave the soldier's eyes when he realizes the harsh reality of war. He has second thoughts on whether or not he really should be there. What is interesting during this ordeal is that he seems more worried about running away from the battle when it comes, than the actual battle itself.
The idea that this character enlisted on instinct, we can also see the character reduce to degrading behavior during unpleasant experiences. When describing the boys enlistment, it seems like he joined based on the idea that any war veteran is a hero, and went on instict instead of listening to what his mother said. We can see that his instinct was wrong when he is wondering whether he should have enlisted or not. He is willing to do anything, including running away, to survive, which is a naturalist characteristic.
Sarah G.
ReplyDeleteThe youthful private is a young boy who has never seen or been in a war. We first meet him when the other soldiers are talking about moving to a battle the next day. You can tell the youthful private is young and inexperienced by the way he hangs on every word that the other soldiers say. Nature is always described along with the camp the soldiers are in. In the first paragraph of the story, the regiment is only seen as "the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting" (479). Also, as talk of going to battle continued, the youthful private stood with the others "in the gloom before the break of the day their uniforms glowed a deep purple hue" (488). This is showing the scenery and how it affects the soldiers and how it is always around them.
Alex K.
ReplyDeleteIn the first few chapters of "Red Badge of Courage" Henry is introduced. He is introduced as a "youthful private" who had read about battle in books but had never actually experienced it. Henry's main focus had been on becoming a hero just like the other war veterans. When rumors start about the troops advancing and going into battle arise Henry's new main focus becomes running away from battle.
Naturalistic ideas are shown in the first few chapters. The idea that there is discussion of fate and hubris that affect a character; generally the controlling force is society and the surrounding environment is greatly shown when Henry asks multiple soldiers if they would ever run away from battle. One of the soldiers, Jimmy, tells Henry, "Well, I've thought it might get....I'd stand and fight. Be jiminy, I would. I'll bet on it." This shows naturalism because Jimmy would not run on his own but if the group, society, were to run away he would run too.
Vee C.
ReplyDeleteIn The Red badge of courage the youthful private is also know as Henry. The youthful private has never fought in a battle before. He hears that a battle is about to be imminent. When youthful private returns back to the camp, he starts thinking about his decision of enlisting and how his mother reacted to his finale decision of enlisting in the war .Youthful private starts to get paranoid with the rumors he is hearing and what he is going to do if and when the battle begins. “In the darkness he saw Decision of a thousand-tongued fear that would babble at his back and cause him to flee, while others were going coolly about their country’s business , he admitted that he would not be able to cope with this monster (492). This demonstrates Naturalistic characteristics because he is paranoid and scared. His paranoia is getting to him .Youthful private has clearly put himself in a position which he was not mentally nor physically prepared for. He demonstrates fear through out the story he thinks of ways of escaping the war and recalls many times about his decision of enlisting in the war.He fears the reality of possibly dyeing.
Jake B.
ReplyDeleteThe youthful Private (Henry) is described and portrayed as a very brave young man who knows what he wants to do, and that is go and fight in the war. His mother thinks that he should stay home and help take care of the farm, which in her eyes is something better for him to do with his life than to go to war. However, as the chapters progress we see the youthful start to question him going to war and wether is it was the right thing to do, and at point the narrator says "He remembered he had often cursed the brindle cow and her mates, and had sometimes flung milking stools. But, from his present point of view, there was a halo of happiness about each of their heads, and he would have sacrificed all the brass button on the continent to have enabled to return to them" (490). He also becomes very distant with his fellow soldiers, and questions him self as well as the tall man, wether he would run in war. It becomes hard for Henry to deal with the fact that he doesn't feel like a developed solider. All these feelings around him start to open his eyes, leading to his separation from the group, and "engaging with his own eternal debate" (489), regretting ever enlisting