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Historical Fiction: Crane's The Red Badge of Courage — Homework
Begin The Red Badge of Courage this week, reading at least through Henry's first engagement.
- 1.Define historical fiction in one sentence.
- 2.Describe the gap between Henry's expectation of war and his actual first experience of it.
- 3.Explain the irony in how Henry actually receives his head wound.
- 4.In four or more sentences, predict what you think the novel's answer to "what is courage?" will turn out to be, based on what you have read so far.
- 5.Is Henry a coward, or an understandable, frightened young person facing something he was not prepared for? Explain your view.
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