In The Red Badge of Courage, The battlefield behavior of Henry Fleming was triggered by his loyalty to an ideal. Throughout this novel, there were many acts of conduct in which Henry displayed his devotion to an idealistic representation of exactly what a warrior is supposed to be like in battle. His pursuit of battlefield behavior is acted out in the beginning when he contemplates the thought of running away, in the middle of the novel when he views himself as if he isn't a heroic soldier, and towards the end when he fights a remarkable battle. Henry's behavior is not only depicted as the universal actions made by a follower, but his behavior is also expressed as a step-by-step process in which his acts of loyalty to an ideal are gained by gradual progress.

Henry possesses only an imaginative knowledge of battle and how it is transpired...