How Does Stephen Crane Use Fear In The Red Badge Of Courage

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Anyone who is going to battle in the war will experience a variety of different emotions mixing with fear and anxiety. In the Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, Henry definitely went through that. Henry might’ve gathered enough strength to fight through the first battle but he fled the second battle because at first he was worried that he would be labeled as weak and a coward, in the second battle he didn’t have the strength to make it through because he was so scared, and lastly he saw that others were running away so he just followed the crowd. When going to a new place with all new people any human being, whether they like to admit it or not, will worry about what other people think of them, and this is exactly what