Chapter 9

It is now 2 years after Gatsby's death, Nick talks about what happened at Gatsby's funeral. There were many reporters and journalist there. People started making up untrue stories about Gatsby and his relationship with Myrtle and Wilson. Nick tries to have a big funeral for Gatsby because he thinks that is what he would have wanted, but not many people show up.The only people that come are Nick, Owl Eyes, some servants, and Gatsby's father. Tom and Daisy did not come, Nick said that they disappeared along with some of his other friends.Gatsby's father is proud of him and takes a picture of his house, and also tells Nick about Gatsby's early life.Nick decides to move back to the Midwest, he ends his relationship with Jordan.When Nick is about to leave he sees Tom in the city. Tom tells him that he is the one that told Wilson that Gatsby hit Myrtle. He says that he deserved to die. Nick realizes that Daisy and Tom think they can do anything because they believe that their money will save them. The night before Gatsby leaves he goes over to Gatsby's house, he looks up at the stars and thinks what it would be like if there were no people on the island. He wonders what it was like for the explorers, how they must have dreamed about life in America just like Gatsby have dreamed of life with Daisy.

It is sad that not many people showed up for Gatsby's funeral, but he really did not have any true friends. He spent most of his life trying to be wealthy so that he could win over Daisy.

Chapter 8

after all of the commotion that happened yesterday Nick could not sleep. The next day he went over to Gatsby's house and Gatsby told him that he waited outside of Tom's house to make sure he wouldn't do anything to Daisy. He didn't and Daisy never even came out of the house. Nick tells Gatsby that he should move on and leave Long Island. Gatsby does not agree to this, he said he could never leave Daisy behind. Then he tells Nick about the days when him and Daisy were going out. He says that he lied about his background because he wanted Daisy to like him and think he was good enough for her. When he left for war Daisy said she would wait for him, but when he came back she had already married Tom. Nick has been at Gatsby's house a long time he leaves because he is going to be late for work. As he is leaving he turns around and tell Gatsby that he is worth more then what he thinks he is worth. When Nick gets to work he is very distracted and cant do his work and even refuses to meet with Jordan later that night. Nick is now thinking about what happened to Myrtle.Nick starts telling what Mr. Wilson was saying to michaleis. He told him that he confronted Myrtle about her lover and then he goes on to say who he thinks hit her. He thinks that the person that hit her was her lover, but then he says it could not have been Tom because he came to the scene after it happened. Wilson goes to Gatsby's house. Gatsby is in the pool looking at the sky. Wilson shoots Gatsby killing him immediately, he then kills himself.Nick gets back from work and goes over to Gatsby's house and finds him dead. He imagines what Gatsby was thinking about now that his relationship with Daisy was over his life, his dream had no meaning.
I think Gatsby's death symbolises that his relationship with Daisy is over, so he dies because his has no reason to live. He spent his whole life waiting and dreaming about life with her and now that she is gone his dream and purpose in life is too.

Chapter 7

Gatsby is so in love with Daisy that he never has anymore parties and gets rid of all of his servants because he doesn't want any rumors to spread about him and Daisy.One summer day Nick goes to Tom and Daisy's house and when he gets there Gatsby and Jordan are there as well. It is getting hard for Gatsby and Daisy to keep their love a secret. Daisy says she is bored and asks Gatsby if he wants to go to the city. Gatsby is surprised by this question, and Tom has now figured out about their love for one another.Tom suggests that they all go to the city together so they do. Nick learns that Mr. Wilson has found out about his wife's affair, though he does not know who the man is. Tom starts to make fun of Gatsby by mentioning how he always says old sport. He also says that he lied about going to Oxford. Gatsby said that he did go just for a short time. Then Tom asks what is going on between him and Daisy.Gatsby says that Daisy loves him and not Tom.Tom then starts saying Gatsby has a bootlegging company.Daisy starts going back to Tom as the fight goes on,in order to prove to Gatsby that Daisy will not leave him she sends Daisy and Gatsby back home together.On the way home Daisy hit Myrtle. Nick gets back to Tom's house and finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car when they hit Myrtle. Gatsby said he would take the blame for it. Gatsby is worried about Daisy so he tells Nick to go and check on her. Nick finds Daisy and Tom together eating chicken and talking. Nick leaves Gatsby alone in the dark.
Now that Gatsby has Daisy he never does anything anymore. The whole reason that he even did all the stuff, like the parties was to impress Daisy.Gatsby thinks that Daisy will leave Tom for him but at the end of the chapter they make up and Daisy forgets about Gatsby.

Chapter 6

More rumors are being spread about Gatsby. Someone even comes to his house to try and get an interview. Nick starts talking about Gatsby's past as it really occurred. Gatsby name was James Gatz, he was born on a farm. He went to college at St. Olafs, he dropped because he had to do janitor work to pay for his schooling and was embarrassed. He got a job fishing for salmon and clams. One day when there was about to be a storm Gatz saw a yatch owned by a wealthy man named Dan Cody. Gatz rowed over to the yatch to warn Cody of the horrible storm. In return Cody took Gatz in as his personal assistant and gave him the name Gatsby. Gatsby enjoyed being wealthy. When Cody died he left Gatsby 25,000 dollars but he did not get it because Cody's lady wouldn't let him have the money. So Gatsby spent his life trying to become rich. One day Nick stops by Gatsby's house and Tom is there along with Mr. and Mrs. Solane. Gatsby gets nervous and tells them that he knows Daisy. Tom does not like this, he thinks that women should not go out alone. Gatsby has another party and Tom and Daisy both come. Tom does not really like parties but comes to keep an eye on Daisy.Nick does not have a very good time at the party and neither does Daisy. Gatsby wants Daisy to leave Tom and be with him. He thinks that he can get anything with all the money he has.
Gatsby dream has always been to be rich and live a glamorus lifestyle. he was born into a poor family and i think he was kind of ashamed about it.

Chapter 5

As Nick is walking home one night he sees Gatsby. Gatsby seems kind of disturbed and keeps trying to make Nick happy.Nick realizes that he is doing this to try and convince Nick to invite Daisy to tea. Nick agrees to help Gatsby, but does not accept any of his offers. Gatsby also asked Nick if he wanted to make some extra money by helping him with some business he does that is not part of his job, of course Nick refuses. Gatsby wants Nick's house to look nice for when Daisy comes so he offers to have someone cut Nick's grass.The day Daisy comes for tea it is raining and Gatsby is very nervous thinks it was a bad idea to even have Daisy come for tea.When Daisy comes Nick goes to introduce her to Gatsby but he was not there.Nick hears a knock at the door and it is Gatsby. He walked around the house.The meeting is very awkward at first but when Nick leaves and then returns an hour later they seem to be enjoying themselves. Gatsby has some guy come play the piano, and Nick then realizes that Gatsby and Daisy dont even notice that he is in the room, so he leaves, and they are alone together.

Chapter 4

At the beginning of the chapter Nick says who all was at the party. Then Nick talkes about when he went to New York with Gatsby. Gatsby told him a few thinks about his past,but Nick is was not really sure if he believed him because when he asked where he was from he said he was from the midwest and Nick asked him where in the midwest and he said San Fransico.Then he tells Nick about some of his accomplishments, Nick does not believe him so then Gatsby shows him a few pictures of what he was talking about.They get to the city and Gatsby takes Nick to lunch and introduces him to Meyer wolfshiem. After meeting Meyer Nick gets the idea that Gatsby's wealth might have somthing to do with some sort of organized crime deal with Meyer.When Nick gets back from lunch he sees Jordan and she tells him what Gatsby told her the night of the party.She said that Gatsby said that he is in love with Daisy Nicks cousin.Jordan told the story of how Daisy and Gatsby met. Then she told Nick that Gatsby wants Nick to invite Gatsby to his house for tea and also Diasy.

chapter 3

Gatsby has this big party at his house and he has one of his butlers give Nick an invitation to his party. Nick goes to the party, he does not know many of the people there. He searches for Gatsby, but does not find him. He sees Jordan and Nick and Jordan stay together for most of the party.While Nick is at the party he hears rumors going around about Gatsby's past. Someone even said they thought that Gatsby killed a man.As the party goes on many people start to get drunk and are getting louder and crazier. Nick and Jordan want to find out about Gatsby so they go looking for him.They don't find Gatsby but instead find a drunk man looking at books in Gatsby's library.later in the night they start talking to this guy who says that Nick looks very familar to him and they find out that they served in the same division together in the war. Nick starts talking about how he has been looking for the host of the party, but he has been no where in sight. Then Gatsby tells him that he is the host. As the party goes on Nick notices that Gatsby does not drink or get involved in the party. He just watches the others enjoying themselves.Later Gatsby wants to talk to Jordan. She was talking to him for about an hour, and when she came out of the roon she told Nick she had heard something very strange.Nick leaves the party. He then talks about his job and what he does each day.He was seeing a girl from New Jersey, but now he wasn't and he begins seeing Jordan. He Knows Jordan is not a very honest person because he has heard that she cheated in one of her golf tournaments, but he doesn't care even though he considers himself to be a very honest person.

Chapter 2

Somewhere in between West Egg and New York there is a deserted place, known as the Valley of Ashes, where the trash of New York is dumped. Men who live here and work at picking up the trash.There is a doctor named T.J. Eckleburg who watches everything that goes on in the deserted place. Nick and Tom take a train that goes through this place and Tom makes Nick get off at one of the stops and introduces him to his lover Myrtle. She is the wife of George Wilson.Tom tells Myrtle to come with him and all three of them go back to New York.They have a party with Myrtle's sister, catherine and a couple named the McKees.Catherine tells Nick that she has heard that Gatsby is somehow realted to the ruler of Germany during World War I. Nick does not like the McKees,they drink a lot throught the party. Nick says that he got drunk and this party for only the second time in his life.Nick does not like what the others are talking about so he tries to leave, but is somehow facinated by terrible sight of the group.Myrtle is drinking a lot and becoming very obnoxious. Tom gives her a puppy and then she brings up his wife. Tom tells her never to talk about her again.Myrtle tells him that she can talk about whatever she wants and starts saying Daisy's name. Tom gets really mad and breaks her noes and the party ends. Nick leaves very drunk with Mr. McKee and goes beck to Long Island.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

Nick Carraway is the narrator in this story. He starts the story by saying how his father told him not to judge other people, because he tends to judge people with very high standards.Nick writes about when he arrived to New York, and lived in a house on a part of Long Island called West Egg.West Egg is where the people that have recently become wealthy live and is right next to East Egg which is where all the people who have been wealthy for a while live. Nick's house is just a modern home, but he lives next to a man named Gatsby whose house is a mansion. Nick goes over to his cousin Daisy's house, who lives on East Egg, to have dinner with her and her husband Tom. Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy's is also there, she plays golf. Tom leaves for a while to take a phone call,which Nick finds out is from a girl i nNew York.After dinner Jordan is tired and leaves because she has a golf tournament the next day. As Nick is leaving Daisy tells Nick that he should think about getting close with Jordan. Nick leaves and sees Gatsby for the first time.He has his arms reaching toward the water. Nick looks at the water but doesn't see anything but a green light.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald writings reflected his rough relationship with his wife Zelda. Their lives are a good example of the classic American dream. They went through some very good times and some very bad ones just like many people do. Fitzgerald was in debt a lot because of his and his wife Zelda's expensive lifestyle. The characters in his story The Great Gatsby shows what people were like during the jazz age, it also shows a great example of peoples obsessions and need for money, power, and hope. Zelda was very flirtatious and Fitzgerald was jealous, this caused them to have a hard life together. Zelda dressed provocatively and smoked cigarettes,many women dressed like this during the 20's, they were known as flappers, Fitzgerald liked the free thinking and hedonistic pursuits. These were some of the trends of the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald also wrote about his wife's mental breakdowns and dysfunctional relationship.

An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."
This means that writers should not just write for the people living during that time, but also for the future writers and readers.They need to set examples for the writers to follow.

"Exegit monumentum aere perennius
this means i have erected a monument less lasting than bronze.

The Red Badge of Courage paper

Throughout the book Henry is very selfish because during the war he only thinks about his needs and wants.
• Henry shows he is selfish when he leaves this dying soldier and doesn’t even try to help him. The dying soldier also known as the tattered man asked for Henry’s help and he tells Henry that he can’t die because he has kids and he has to come home to them. Seeing the tattered man near death is making Henry very uncomfortable and is causing him great suffering in his thoughts. He just watched his friend die and the thought of seeing another man die is too great for him to think about, so he leaves. The tattered man calls out to him as he is walking away, but Henry just keeps on walking. He shows no sympathy for the tattered man, he leaves because he feels uncomfortable and he is suffering. It is all about him and his feelings and nobody else’s. “The youth, who had been holding a bitter debate with himself and casting glances of hatred and contempt at the tattered man, here spoke in a hard voice. "Good-by," he said.” (Crane 10.25) When Henry gets into a situation that deals with his needs and the needs of other people he always does that thing that is better for his needs even if it will hurt other people.
• Another time Henry was selfish was when he kept Wilson’s letters. At the beginning of the book Wilson gives Henry some letters to give to his family because he thinks he might die. Henry thinks about giving the letters back to Wilson, but then he decides not to because he thinks the letters represent how weak and scared Wilson was at the beginning of the war. Henry thinks keeping the letters gives him some power over Wilson and if he has them he can also avoid any conversation about what happened to him the previous day. “He now rejoiced in the possession of a small weapon with which he could prostrate his comrade at the first signs of a cross-examination. He was master. It would now be he who could laugh and shoot the shafts of derision.” (Crane 15.9) This is very selfish of him because he knows Wilson already feels ashamed of giving Henry the letters and instead of being a kind friend and giving the letters back Henry is selfish and keeps them to benefit himself and to make himself look superior over Wilson. Once again Henry does the thing that he thinks is best for him, he doesn’t care if it hurts Wilson or anyone else as long as he is happy.
• The last example of Henry’s selfishness is when he carries the flag just because he doesn’t want Wilson to look like a better man than him. “The youth and his friend had a small scuffle over the flag. "Give it t' me!" "No, let me keep it!" Each felt satisfied with the other's possession of it, but each felt bound to declare, by an offer to carry the emblem, his willingness to further risk himself. The youth roughly pushed his friend away. “ (Crane 20.3) Henry and Wilson started fighting over who got to carry the flag. Whoever carried the flag was risking their life even more than the soldiers that were just fighting. The soldier that carried the flag also got more glory and honor than the other soldiers. This is a very good example of Henry’s selfishness, because he pushes his friend out of the way, not because he cares about his friend and doesn’t want him to risk his life by carrying the flag, but because he wants to seem braver and manlier than Wilson and he wants to receive the glory and feel like he is better than all the other men that are fighting.

Saving Private Ryan

Light and Dark- when its light out the men were fighting. When it was dark they were usually talking to each other about their lives back home. ex: the soldier who was talking about how he always pretended to be asleep when his mom came home and he didnt know why he did that.
silence and noise-when the seargant was thinking there was silence,this happened when there was a bomb and he couldnt hear so it seemed like everyone around him was quiet.
clean and dirty- The men that are still alive are clean because they are healthy and dont have a major wound that is bleeding everywhere. The men that are dead are dirty because they have been very badly wounded and have blood all over them and some are missing body parts.
ex: the guy at the beginning whose guts are spilling out of his body
youth and maturity-At the beginning of the movie the translator was very afraid to fight and would not kill anyone. He was just there to be a translator, I dont think he was prepared to fight. At the end of the movie he ordered around some of the German soldiers and killed the guy that killed some of his friends.
The dead soldier- the soldier that was talking about his mom and how he never talked to her he pretended he was asleep represents all the mothers at home who have lost their son/sons at war and will never have the chance to talk to them again.
The flag- Represents all the men that have died. When the soldiers die their mothers all get a flag to show that they served in the army and to show all the bravery and courage they showed.
manhood- At the end of the movie the translator finally shows some bravery and courage by shooting the guy and standing up to the Germans.
self preservation-At the beginning the translator was so scared and was always hiding and not getting involved in the fighting.At the end he no longer was so worried about his life and took a chance and actually killed a guy.
disregard for human life-All of them care about the lives of their soldiers, but they know in order to win and to save the lives of more of their men they must be willing to give up their life and the lives of the other soldiers.
Courage-I think all of the men in the movie showed courage at some point. They were all willing to risk their lives to save Ryan and then when they found him and could have gone home they stayed instead to help fight another battle.

characters

Henry- he is the main character, also referred to as the youth. He goes into battle pretty confident and ready to fight, but then gets scared and runs. In the end he is known as one of best fighters.
Wilson- known as loud soldier. Becomes Henry's good friend. Takes care of him when he is injured, and shares many experiences with him in battle.
Jim- known as tall soldier. also Henry's friend, he dies in battle.
tattered soldier-he is a wounded soldier who Henry meets. he is kind of telling Henry throughout the book what he should do. or what he has done wrong.
lieutenant- Henry's commander. gets mad at them alot. Towards the end when Henry does well in battle they work together to motivate the men to keep fighting.
Henry's Mom- She does not want him to go to war.She represents one of the reasons Henry does not want to fight. He must come home to her.

chapter 24

The men wait a while and then get orders to go back to the river. As they are walking Henry is thinking about his whole experience in war. He thinks about how cowardly he acted during at the beginning of the book. Then he thinks about all the good things he did in the recent battles and becomes happy, but then he is still reminded of how he ran in the first battles and also how he left the tattered man to die.Henry thinks about all the good he has done and the bad, and finally is able to put aside how horrible he feels for how he acted in the beginning of the book.Rain starts to fall and this makes Henry happy because it reminds him of a perfect world.This makes him feel like he has some manhood now. He sees a ray of sun over the river breaking through the clouds.

I wish it would tell about him coming home instead of just ending it now. I think Henry has become a better person because of the war. It has made him stronger and has helped him grow up faster. He now feels like he is a man, before he felt young and weak.

Does he go home now? Is the war over?

chapter 23

The officers tell the men to charge at the enemies and the men do with as much energy as they have left in them.Henry notices that many of the enemy soldiers are running when the see Henry and the soldiers coming towards them.Only a few of their men remain. Henry notices that the man carring the enemies flag is hurt, so he and Wilson rush to go get it. They pry it out of the dying guys hands.Finally the enemy retreats and Henry and the rest of the soldiers rejoice.During the battle they happened to capture 4 of the enemies soldiers.

I dont see how they keep winning the battles when it seems like so many of their men are dead of fleeing from battle. They always seem to fight well in the end but not se well in the beginning.

How do they win with so little soldiers?

chapter 22

The praise that Henry recieved from the last battle helps him in the next battle they are starting. It gives him confidence and reassurance. The blue and gray units come together to fight in battle.The battle is not going very well, Many men are dying. For awhile Henry stops fighting and is just watching the battle.He is so consumed in his thoughts that he does not know what is going on around him. He made up his mind that he would not retreat no matter what happens.He thinks that if he dies in battle it would be revenge on the officer who called his unit mud diggers and mule drivers.Many of the soldiers near him are being shot.Henry notices that the lieutenant and Wilson are not hurt, but the number of soldiers is decreasing majorly.

Henry has become so brave compared to the first few battles. Now he is willing to give his life in battle, even if it is mostly for revenge. He went from being one of the weakest fighters to one of the bravest.

How does he not get shot when he is staring offf into space?

chapter 21

When Henry's regiment returns to their camp, all of the other soldiers make fun of them for running away during the battle. Henry's unit becomes very angry when the other soldiers say this, they were proud of themselves and now all of it is gone. While they are talking Henry looks back at the distance they had to march in battle, at the time it seemed very far, but now he realizes that it was actually a very short distance.Then the same officer that called them mule drivers comes to them and yells at them for their bad behavior, and then calls them mud diggers. This makes the men very mad and they start blaming their commanders.While the soldiers are complaining some of the men come up to Henry and Wilson and tell them that they heard the commander telling the general that he thinks they are the best fighters in the regiment. They pretend not to care, but really they are very excited and gain a lot of confidence from that huge compliment.

The soldiers felt so proud of themselves and then the other soldiers just tore that away from them when they were making fun of them.

Why does the general get so mad when they didn't lose the battle?

chapter 20

Once Henry and Wilson get the flag from the dead guy, they notice that the other soldiers are starting to back further away from battle. The two of them fight over who is going to carry the flag. Eventually Henry pushes Wilson and takes the flag from him. The soldiers keep going, but many are getting shot and the enemy is coming closer on all sides of them. They are being surrounded.Henry is really hoping for a victory, because he wants revenge on the officer who said that they were worthless and fought like mule drivers.He knows that they are not going to win, but he still carries the flag and tells the men to fight. Many of the men are starting to scatter.The enemy is now close, Henry's regiment puts up a strong fight. Henry thinks even if they lose it does not matter because towards the end the men gave it their all. As the fight continues Henry's regiment ends up making the enemy retreat. All the men are so proud of themselves and have regained their confidence.

I can't believe they held them off. I thought for sure they were going to lose and Henry was going to end up running again. He has really changed from the beginning of the book. He was willing to give up his life by carrying the flag.

How did they win the battle when so many men were running away?

Quiz 2

Quiz #2

Henry is referred to as "the youth" and Wilson is referred to as "the loud private." How has each character changed from the beginning of the story to now, specifically in regards to these monikers? Use specific examples from the story to support your answer.
At the beginning of the story when they were getting ready to fight their first battle Henry was getting very scared and was thinking about running away. He ends up running away two times at the beginning of the war. He thinks he had to run, that the men that stayed were stupid for not running and he was the smart one. He was really just trying to make himself not feel guilty for running. Now Henry has fought in two battles, and showed much bravery and courage. In the second battle he fought, the one where he carried the flag, the general was very impressed with the bravery Henry and Wilson both showed. They helped the men carry on.
In the beginning of the story Wilson was very cocky and bossy. He was not very considerate to the other soldiers.Wilson has changed a lot because when Henry was hurt Wilson took care of him. He gave up his bed and got Henry food, he also bandaged up his head. Then when there was a fight between two soldier Wilson broke it up. Wilson has also showed tons of courage in the battles as well. He and Henry have become good friends, they do everything together.

chapter 19

Henry and Wilson are very shocked when they hear the officer saying this about their unit. They thought their unit was doing very well. They also hear the general saying that most of the men in their unit will be killed. When they hear this news they hurry back to thier comerads and are going to tell them the news, but then decide not to. They do not want to scare the other soldiers with their horrible news. So they go into battle, but have secretly given up inside, knowing that they are doomed. As they move forward in battle Henry sees many men being shot. Then unit stops in fear two times and the lieutenate has to tell them to start moving again. As the battle goes on Henry sees the flag and starts to follow it, but soon after he does this the man carring the flay is shot and dies. Henry and Wilson take the flag and begin to move on in battle.

I cant believe they dont tell anyone that their army is going to be scarificed in battle. Maybe it is a good thing though, because if the men would have known maybe they would have given up just like Henry and Wilson kind of have secretly.

Are they suppossed to pick up the flag since the guy died? Or do they just do it?

chapter 18

Henry's regiment is taking a break, but they can still hear the fighting going on off in the distance. During the period of rest the men noticed one of the soldiers crying out in pain, it was their comrade Jimmie Rogers. Wilson volunteers to go get some water for him and Henry goes with him. They think there is a stream near by, but go so far that they can see some of the battle being fought in another area. The genral and his staff pass by them and they listen in to what they are saying. They are talking about which unit they can go on without, and it just so happens it is 304th which is the unit Henry and wilson are in. The officer said that they fight like a bunch of mules.

I thought Henry's unit was doing really well and now they are considered to be the weakest.

Does Jimmie Rogers live? What happens to Henry's unit?

chapter 17

After they wait for a long time the enemy finally comes. Henry starts fighting visously and with alot of anger. He does not know what is going on he just keeps on firing and reloading. One of his comrades starts to laugh. Henry realizes that he is laughing because the enemy has retreated and he was shooting at nothing. The lieutenant tells Henry that if he had 10,000 wildcats like Henry he would win the battle in a week. Henry feels like he fell asleep and did not even know what he was doing while the battle was going on, then when he woke up he had become a knight. The soldiers are very happy and comment about how many men the enemies lost in the battle.

I think this is only going to make Henry more cocky, now that everyone thinks he fought so fiercly in battle.

How does Henry fight so good now when just the day before he ran with fear?

chapter 16

Henry's regiment was called to take the place of troops that had been fighting for a long time. They were in a trench waiting to fight. While they were waiting Wilson fell asleep. While they are waiting Henry starts complaining about the leadership of the army. He says that the soldiers are fighting as hard as they can, but they are still losing. So that must mean it is the generals fault not the soldiers. Henry shuts up quick when a man askshim," do you think you fought the whole battle yesterday." They are lead to a place in the woods where they are told they will be fighting soon. The men are very tired and are not ready to fight again so soon.

Henry is talking like he knows how to run the whole army. He acts as if he fought so hard and bravely yesterday when he didnt even fight at all. I dont like that he is getting so cocky when he didnt do anything.

Why does he think the generals are doing such a bad job? is it because they are loosing?

chapter 15

Henry remembers the letters that Wilson gave to him to give to his family if he dies, he is going to remind Wilson about the letters but decides not to. He decides to keep the letters, he believes they represnt how weak and scared he was at the beggining of the war. He thinks if he has the letters he can avoid any conversation about the previous day. Henry thinks he is destined for greatness, and wont be killed, so he has no reason to worry about the upcoming battles. He thinks back on those who ran from battle yesterday and looks down on them. He thinks they are weak, but he believes that he fled with pide and courage. While Henry is dreaming of all this Wilson asks him for the letters back. wilson is really embarrassed this makes Henry feel like he is better than Wilson.

Henry is getting really cocky. He has not even done anything in battle yet,but he is acting like he is some hero. Wilson was so kind to him, Henry should have just given the letters back to wilson, but of course he had to keep them to try and help with his lie.

Does Henry really think that he is doomed for greatness or is he just dreaming this?

chapter 14

When Henry awakes he feels like he has been asleep for 1,000 years. He can hear fighting off in the distance. At first when he looks around the camp he believes that all the soldiers are dead, and he starts to panic. A horn blows and then all of the soldiers start to get up. Wilson sees Henry is awake and asks him how his head feels. Henry says he still feels pretty bad. Henry noticed a change in the loud soldier. He is no longer so loud, but now seems to be showing tenderness and care to Henry and the rest of the men. Henry tells Wilson that Jim is dead. A few soldiers start to get into a fight, but Wilson breaks it up. Then he tells Henry that he thought they lost half of their men but they all started returning during the night. He said they scattered and fought with other regiments just like Henry did.

Wilson seems like he has really changed since the beginning of the battle. He took very good care of Henry and then stoped a fight between two of the men. He is not the loud soldier anymore. He is caring and thoughtful now.

Why has Wilsom changed from being loud to being caring? Is it because of the war?

chapter 13

Henry went toward the fire the stranger told him was his camp, while he was walking there he was thinking about how his comrades would make fun of him. He thought about running off and hiding, but he was in far to much pain to do so. All of a suden he sees someone and it just so happens to be his friend wilson. Wilson thought that Henry was dead, he was glad to see him. Now Henry is trying to come up with a cover up for running away. He tells Wilson that he has been shot in the head. Just as Henry tells him this a corpral comes and looks at his head, then Wilson comes and bandages him up and lets him sleep in his bed. Henry asks him where he is going to sleep and he says right down here by you. At first the youth starts to argue with him, but then he lays down and quickly falls asleep.

i cant believe Henry lied about getting shot in the head. I know he did it to protect himself from being made fun of, but that is a horrible lie to tell. I thought if you get shot in the head you would die quickly. Now every one is taking care of him and treating him well because they think he was in battle, when really he just got smacked in the head.

Does anyone ever find out that he did not get shot in the head? How can he lie about that? i would think he would feel really guilty.

chapter 12

The battle is still going on and the youth is now in the middle of it. They are going to lose this battle so the men start retreating. Henry wants to figure out why they are losing the battle so he grabs on to one of the running soldiers and tries to ask him, but the soldier just tells him to let go.Henry does not let go so the soldier takes his rifle and hits Henry in the head with it. Henry struggles to get up, but finally does and tries to find his regiment. He is in a lot of pain and is just thinking about laying down and going to sleep when a cheery soldier comes up to him and offers to help him find his way. They finally reach Henry's regiment and the cheery soldier leaves Henry to find his own regiment when Henry realizes that he never saw the soldiers face.

Henry is in a great amount of pain now, if it wouldn't have been for that cheery soldier Henry might have never made it back to camp.

I thought they were far from Henry's regiment, so how did they make it their so quickly?
Who is the soldier that helped him?

Quiz 1

1. What does the title of this book mean? Be specific in your response, noting Henry's comments.

The title means when you get wounded in battle it is like your wound is representing a badge, because it shows that you have shown courage in the battles. Henry once said the he wished he had a "Red Badge".

2. What is the importance of the tattered man? What does he represent?

I think the tattered man represents Henry's mind. The tattered man makes Henry regret not fighting, but he also terrifies him at the same time.

3. What role does Henry's mother play while he is away from her?

She plays the role of Henry's reason to come home. She tells him he does not need to return just for her sake, that she can take care of herself. Henry knows that this is really hard for her though and that she is very worried about him. When he leaves to go to war she is crying in her garden.

4. How does Henry use the squirrel to justify his actions?
He throws a nut at the squirrel and the squirrel runs away. this shows Henry that it is everyone's natural instinct to run away, he is trying to justify to himself that it was alright to run from the battle.

chapter 11

Henry nears the battlefield and it is very noise. Henry watches the other brave soldiers and for a moment thinks he will join them, but then thinks and realizes he has no gun and is tired and thirsty. He goes closer to the battlefield to try and see who is winning. He almost wants his army to lose so that he wont feel so guilty about fleeing from the battle and prove that he was right about them losing the fight.This thought does not make him feel better though, adn he thinks of himself as an evil person who has no compassion for others.Henry thinks his side will win the battle so he tries to come up with some excuse for running off to tell his fellow soldiers, but he cant think of any. He fears he will be know as a coward forever.

I thought Henry was going to go fight now but it doesnt look that way anymore. I think he really wants to fight deep down, but he just cant find the guts to do it and keeps trying to tell himself reasons why he shouldnt or cant go.

Do we ever find out what happened to the tattered soldier? Did he die?

chapter 10

The tattered man is amazed at the strength that Jim showed before he died. Most men would not have been able to walk with a wound that bad but he was able to run.They walk away from Jim's body and the tattered man tells Henry that he does not feel well. Henry is afraid that he is saying he is going to die, but the tattered man says he cant die because he has children at home and he must live for their sake. The tattered man thinks that Henry is someone else, his friend Tom, who also has a wound. This soldier is causing Henry great pain and suffering in his thoughts, so Henry leaves him.He leaves even though he knows that without him the tattered man has little chance of survival. The tattered man calls out to Henry for help but Henry leaves him, he is distracted by the question about his wound.

I think the tattered man really makes Henry think about what he is doing or not doing. He makes him feel guilty for not fighting in battle.

How could Henry just leave that poor man there to die after he just told him he needed to survive for the sake of his children?

chapter 9

Henry is trying his best to avoid the wounded soldier. He is looking around, and sees all of the wounded soldiers and is jealous of their wounds. He thinks that if you have a wound it means that you have alot of boldness and determination so he wishes he had one. As he is walking he sees a man and recognizes him as the loud soldier,Jim. Jim has been shot, he asked Henry where he has been. Jim is badly wounded and thinks he will fall down and be killed be the tanks, so Henry tells him he will take care of him.Jim feels safer now but soon tells Henry to leave him. henry doesnt want to leave his friend so he tries to lead him away from the battle, but he gets away and goes over by some bushes, then shorty after that he dies. Henry and the tattered soldier watch as he dies in horror.Now Henry is very mad because of the death of his friend and shakes his fist toward the battle field.

Henry is having lots of different emotions now. He is sad because he just lost one of his friends and also made and i think frustrated. I think now he is going to fight in the battle because it took his friends life.

why is the tattered soldier following Henry? I thought Henry got away from him.

chapter 8

As Henry is walking out of the forest he hears the sounds of battle.On his way to get a closer look at the battle he sees many wounded soldiers. One of the soldiers,who has blood all over his head and his arm is almost falling off, starts to talk to Henry. The soldier tells Henry he cant believe the bravery and mental toughness that the men are showing in battle. The soldier is very proud that his men did not run from the enemy. When the soldier asks Henry where he has benn wounded Henry is ashamed and runs from the soldier.

Now Henry feels really ashamed of himself after he sees all the wounded soldiers who fought hard for their country, while he ran from it.




Where is Henry going? Does he ever go back to battle?

chapter 7

Henry is angry with the troops in his regiment who did not flee from the battle and won the battle without him. He tells himself that they were supid for not running, but he is really just trying to try and get rid of his feelings of guilt and cowardness.While he is trying to justify what he did he goes off into the forest, and is far from the battle field. He likes nature, it makes him feel better.while he is in the forest he sees a squirrel and throws something at it, the squirrel runs. This makes Henry feel better because its showing that it is natural to run from danger.Soon after this he finds the body of a dead soldier in the forest and there are ants crawling all over it.After Henry sees the body he runs from the forest.

I feel bad for Henry. he is so young and i dont think he had any idea what it was like to go into battle. He feels so alone and helpless, especially now since the army won the battle and he wasnt even there, because he was afraid.

Does anyone know where Henry went?

chapter 6

Henry wake up after a while after they had just fought the first battle. He feels good about himself because he had just survived his first battle. Then all of a sudden a man yells out here they come again. The enemies are back to fight again. the soldiers are not prepared to fight again and are in desparate need of more supports. Many of the other soldiers begin to fun from the battle and Henry is doing the same. He says it is like a race,you do not want to be in the back because those are the ones who will die first. The men that stayed and fought ended up holding the enemies offf without all the men that ran. Henry thinks the men that stayed are stupid, because he thought they had no chance.

Henry's feelings about war keep changing. in the beggining of the book he was proud to serve his country, then he wanted to go home, then after the first battle he felt very accomplished and proud, and now again he is wanting to flee.

How did they hold the enemies off when all the men were running?

chapter 5

After they wait awhile the Henry's section begins to fight. At first he is very scared and wants to run but then as the enemies are coming closer he does not feel so alone and an outcast. He gets angry and starts firing his gun over and over. one soldier trys to run away and the lieutenate yells at him and beats him, so he goes back to fight. The captain is shot and dies After a long battle the enemies begin to retreat and the soldiers start to cheer.

The army goes from fleeing in fear to holding off the enemies.Henry is also not as afraid now he feels more a part of the army not just a lone indivdual.

chapter 4

The battle is not going well at all. the lieutenate has been shot in the hand and all the men are running from the battle. Henry is now thinking about doing the same.

Everyone thought they were going to win this battle wiht ease and now they are loosing misreably.

chapter 3

The soldiers have their first battle after walking for miles. They all stoped to take a break and then Henry was woken up by the tall soldier and the battle began. Henry does not want to be fighting the government forced him and he really wants to go home now. At the end of the chapter the loud soldier tells Henry he doesn't think he is going to make it out of battle and asks him to give some letters to his family.

I thought that Henry wanted to go into battle, but in this chapter i found out that he was forced to go it was not of his own will.

Why does the loud soldier think he is going to die?

Chapter 2

They are getting ready to go into battle and Henry is having some doubts.He is going around trying to find some men who are having some of the same doubts as him, but he is not having any luck. He feels like a mental outcast, so he goes off to be by himself. He starts thinking and is wishing he was back home with the cows even though he used to think they were a pain, now he would do anything to be back home. He does not think he is suited for battle. Another soldier comes and starts talking to him and Henry asks him if he thinks he will run during battle. The soldier says no,and then Henry asks him if he thinks he is the bravest man in the world and he says no and gets mad at Henry and then walks away. Henry is alone again and is still suffering with the thought of going into battle.

I feel bad for Henry. He thought he was ready to fight and was all excited, but now that the time has finally come he is petrified and has no one to talk to that feels the same way as him.

Why did they put the part with the maiden in there?

The Red Badge of courage Chapter 1

At the beginning of Chapter one a soldier shouts out that they are going to move and begin a battle. The other guys don't believe him though because they have been told they would move eight times now, but they never do. The younger soldiers were listening to this and one of them, whose name is Henry went into his bunk to think about the news he had just heard. As a little boy Henry always wanted to be in the army,his mother of course did not like the idea so much. When he was older he went several times to enlist, but his mother discouraged him and told him he would be of more use on the farm. Finally one day he enlisted, even though his mother told him,"Don't be a fool." Then his mother told him goodbye, but it was not the kind of goodbye he wanted. So now Henry is in the army and just heard they are about to go into battle. He is getting a little nervous now that they are finally going into battle, and is thinking he might run.

I think Henry is in for a big surprise. He was so excited to enlist, and go into battle. I don't think he knew what he was really getting himself into though. Now that he hears there is going to be a battle he is having some second thoughts and worries.

What is the youth? Is that all the young soldiers or just Henry?