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The Red Badge of Courage

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About the Novel

Introduction
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24

Character Analyses

Henry Fleming, a Union Soldier
The Soldiers
The Officers

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The Structure of the Novel
The Use of Figurative Language

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Chapter 19

the lurid lines    the enemy’s battle line.

the yellow tongues     the smoke and fire emanating from the rifle barrels of the enemy.

incapable of checking itself before granite and brass    the enthusiastic charge of the regiment would not be stopped by even the hardest of objects (granite and brass), let alone by enemy soldiers.

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