Similarities Between The Red Badge Of Courage And American Sniper

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War is a drastic measure taken when disagreements and conflicts occur and happens all over the world, each executed in a different style. In “The Red Badge of Courage” war was perceived one way while “American Sniper” was an entirely different experience. While the goals were similar, the way in which they were achieve greatly varied. Both accounts portrayed the commonalities and differences of each war through displaying different fighting techniques, having both through the eyes of war heroes, and showing the emotions of the different soldiers and how war made them suffer.
Although both men were soldiers, Henry Fleming from “The Red Badge of Courage” and Chris Kyle from the film “American Sniper” saw very different styles of fighting during …show more content…

Having the stories told through the eyes of the two men helped see what war was like and the traumas faced in each. It also helped to understand what made both men great soldiers and how they exceled in battle. Chris stood out because he was a skillful sniper who could rid of the enemy quickly and accurately. Henry fought as best he could and was not afraid to risk his life for his country at least in his later battles especially proven when he dropped his weapon to carry the American flag, which confirmed his bravery. “Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability. It was a goddess, radiant, that bended its form with an imperious gesture to him. It was a woman, red and white, hating and loving, that called him with the voice of his hopes. Because no harm could come to it he endowed it with power. He kept near, as if it could be a saver of lives, and an imploring cry went from his mind.”(Crane …show more content…

Henry encounters his conflicts more in the beginning of the novel when he is afraid to die and continuously runs from battle. “He had fled, he told himself, because annihilation approached. He had done a good part in saving himself, who was a little piece of the army. He had considered the time, he said, to be one in which it was the duty of every little piece to rescue itself if possible.”(Crane 33). He wants a wound to show his courage that he clearly does not have and it takes time before he becomes selfless and fights with great honor. Chris’s main conflict was having to always leave his family while he was in Iraq and not being there for his wife and children. He wants both and cannot decide between his two commitments and eventually others begin to decide for him. The struggles both men faced greatly impacted both their lives forcing them to deal with these issues directly and

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