An Analysis Of Fred Collins A Mystery Of Heroism

Henry’s confidence does not last for a long time. The realities of the battle become a reality and cause his fear and doubt to reappear. Henry goes from being happy because he was able to fight the enemy in the first battle to being anxious at the beginning of a second

In the description of death it says, “This man had encountered a shell apparently at a time when no one perceived him and he could now be seen lying face downward with a stirruped foot stretched across the body of his dead horse. A leg of the charger extended slantingly upward precisely as stiff as a stake. Around the motionless pair the shells still howled”. This excerpt talks about how a man and his horse had died and shots are still going off in the battlefield. With Collins knowing that this could be him, he disregards that and still takes on the journey like he has no fear.

The Youth bumps into the tall soldier, who was in his regiment, who was wounded during the battle. The tall soldier keeps talking about his fear of being left on the road to be driven over by carts and soldiers. He asks Henry to pull his body out of the road but the tall soldier ends up running to a clear plain and dies there. This must be a dire situation that takes a toll unto Henry, watching a fellow comrade who he had been with since enlisting’ die before his mere eyes. “Just to pull me out of the road? I’d do it for you, wouldn’t I, Henry?” (Crane, 1957,

In Crane’s “A Mystery of Heroism” he uses literary elements to create Naturalist themes. One main belief of Naturalists is that someone’s life is determined by environment, chance, and heredity. Crane uses the setting and characters to create this theme. In the story it says, “Too, he wondered why he did not feel some keen agony of fear cutting his sense like a knife.” This quote shows that the main character is not afraid. The setting of the war is one of the reasons he does not feel fear. He has probably been in a more fearful situation since he has been in the war. If he had not been a soldier and been in this setting he would be more fearful. Crane uses characters to create this main idea by showing the other characters who argue with Collins until he goes to the well. In “A Mystery of Heroism” it says, “ ‘Of course, yeh will! Yeh’ll run through that there

Winston Smith is a hero. Despite his anticipated and inevitable failure at the end of 1984, he personifies humanity’s nature to resist subjugation and repression. Actions and intentions are the true measure of a hero and Winston Smith is not found lacking in either. His failure does not diminish his status as a hero. On the contrary, he is the precise representation of Orwell’s definition of heroism: an ordinary man doing whatever he can to change a system that is devoid of decency; in spite of the obvious futility of such an endeavor.

War changes people in many ways, especially the lives of the soldiers in the army. The changes that the soldiers go through are told in many novels, such as The Red Badge of Courage. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is a coming-of-age novel because Henry Fleming changes from an immature adolescent to a mature man by the end of the novel.

First, one should focus on the language and Henry's ethos. The soldiers are burdened with the thought of a

The novel 1984 written by George Orwell creates a main character named Winston Smith. Winston is a worker in the Ministry of Truth that struggles with his all-knowing and individuality banning Party that observes and acts on the publics every move. Every day Winston goes to work intending to edit the ever changing facts that the Party releases, so that the Party is never wrong. Hero defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary means “a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities.” The Oxford Dictionary also defines a hero as “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Although Winston may be the main character of the novel, based upon his actions

A few days later they started marching and they attacked. This is Henry's and many of the men's first battle, so he and a few others flee from the battle. Then Henry finds Jim after the battle. They talk for a while, then Jim dies. Henry feels guilty so he starts looking for the regiment. He comes across another Union soldier and they get in a fight, the soldier hits Henry on the head with his rifle. Henry makes it back to the regiment and tells them that the wound is from the battle so they won't think that he ran off. Henry is then nursed bye a soldier named Wilson. By morning Henry is ready to fight. He fights several battles and stays on the front lines, in that same day.

Born in 1871, Stephen Crane was raised in a Methodist family. While training to become a professional baseball player, he eventually chose to write as his career. Throughout most of his life, Stephen stuck to his commitment that all his work should be backed by personal experience on the subject matter. However, his most famous work, The Red Badge of Courage was completely based on his remarkable imagination. He had no war experience; however, his vivid descriptions and details of war surprised critics with their incredible accuracy. Stephen’s approach at writing the novel was to emphasize the passion, confusion, and growth of the soldiers, as most of the war tales at the time were merely factual. The Red Badge of Courage presents war in a new light, one of emotional struggles and mental milestones.

Henry's fears take over, and his only way to achieve his self comfort again is to run away from the battle. Henry uses the forest to calm himself. The forest is where he begins to overcome his selfish ways, he reflects back on the battle and the men, and starts to believe that he can be of help to one or more of the men in the regiment. Henry eventually wins over the fear and joins with another regiment to fight against the rebels.

When Henry meets back up with his regiment an older man begins to have a discussion with him. The old man asks Henry “where yuh hit, ol’ boy?”. With massive feelings of guilt, Henry shrugs away from the man and runs back into the woods. From behind a tree, he can see all the wounded soldiers on the battle field. “At times he regarded

Many people say that the metal of a man is found in his ability to keep his ideals in spite of anything that life can through at you. If a man is found to have done these things he can be called a hero. Through a lifelong need to accept responsibility for all living things, Robert Ross defines his heroism by keeping faith with his ideals despite the betrayal, despair and tragedy he suffers throughout the course of The Wars by Timothy Findley.

Heroes have achieved many feats that support the belief of a greater good and expressing valor and selflessness through the ages. There are fictional or real life accounts that have recognized these men and women for their vigor and marked them as heroes due to their events of success and motives of committing the heroic deeds. Yet there are copious amounts of people who have sacrifice themselves for a greater good but they have been lost through time even if their actions were prosperous or doomed in the end with a valiant purpose. They are unsung heroes who committed the actions based on their inner fire of what is right or honorable or rather than the fame they hope to achieve from those acts. The world or a populous may not know of their actions, but the actions and beliefs of an individual or group can entitle them of being hero-like without the necessity of recognition and success. They have lost their lives or a part of themselves to a cause based on righteousness rather than self-gain. They presented selfless heroism rather than the the intention to receive praise from the victories. Sacrifice contributes more to Heroism because the individual invested his or her own determination, valor and accepting the opportunity to risk their self-health (physical or psychological) based on great intentions rather than reaping the accolades of committing good deeds.

What is heroism? Things preformed Superman, Batman, or The Flash? This is what most people think about when they hear the word hero or heroism. Although these characters show heroism, the definition of heroism does not have to be narrowed to the stereotypical hero. Many people have different concepts on heroism. A hero can be a ordinary person like a firefighter or cop. Heroism is a attribute that a person can obtain but they have to choose actions that help others like a fearless firefighter or cop helping others. Heroism also does not call for a reward for being heroic. Heroism is a quality or an act in all of us that a person uses to benefit for the good of other people even if there is a risk.