Among the animal images that Stephen Crane uses to define
the fighting men in The Red Badge of
Courage:
- Henry considers himself
filled with "eagle-eyed prowess" (Chapter
I) - The new soldiers were referred to as "fresh
fish" (Chapter I). - The narrator
described the enemy in the darkness that "moved like monsters" (Chapter
II) - The narrator repeatedly compared the
invincible Confederate troops as "dragons." - The youth saw
the troops before him laid out in two long lines like "serpents" (Chapter
II). - The forms of his comrades looked
"satanic" in the shadows (Chapter
II). - The Union skirmishers were "busy as bees"
(Chapter III). - Henry was worried
that the Confederate troops would kill his comrades "like pigs" (Chapter
III). - War is referred to as the "red animal"
(Chapter III). - Henry also worried
that if he cried out a warning to his regiment about the impending onslaught, he would
"turn into a worm" (Chapter
III). - The regiment dug into ground "like
terriers" (Chapter III). - The
retreating Union soldiers ran like "wild horses" (Chapter
IV). - The colonel of Henry's regiment began to
"scold like a wet parrot" (Chapter
V). - Henry compared his "exasperation" as that
of a "well-meaning cow worried by dogs" (Chapter
V). - His rage was like a "driven beast"
(Chapter V). - When he turned from the
attack, Henry "ran like a rabbit" (Chapter
VI).
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