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The Private, General, and Historian
Summary: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: Answers: "Write a page or so of commentary in which you discuss the differences in a battle as experienced by a private, a general, and a historian."
The private, general, and historian are all human. They live, die, eat, sleep. They either had first hand experience with war or no experience at all. A private fights in a battle. A general commands an army in the battle. A historian describes and analyzes a battle 75 years later.They all have different jobs, but they are linked together.
In battle, a private has a first hand experience with death. While fighting, he would watch others fall beside him. A fear would lurk on his shoulder. He knew that the odds of him dying were extremely high. There were more ways of which he could die: malnutrition, uncleanliness, weather, and infection.If he was wounded by a bullet, he would most likely have to have had the limb amputated.This fear was with him everywhere. It was on the battlefield while he was loading and reloading. It was...
This section contains 459 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |