The emotional journey of Henry Fleming in Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

How does Henry Fleming emotionally develop throughout The Red Badge of Courage? I. Introduction - Description of Henry Fleming II. Support #1 - Naivety and Fear III. Support #2 - Cowardice IV. Support #3 - False Heroism and True Courage V. Conclusion - Four Stages of Henry's Growth Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a novel that depicts the emotional journey of a young man named Henry Fleming. Crane goes into little detail about Henry and …

…realizes that war is bloody and unpredictable. Without these four stages of growth, Henry Fleming and his fellow comrades would not have been able to progress into the emotionally mature men that they have become as a result of the war. "The impetus of enthusiasm was theirs once again. They gazed about them with looks of uplifted pride, feeling new trust in the grim, always confident weapons in their hands. And they were men. (85)."