Determine whether each quotation has the characteristics of idealism or realism. The captain of the youth's company had been kil
led in an early part of the action. His body lay stretched out in the position of a tired man resting, but upon his face there was an astonished and sorrowful look, as if he thought some friend had done him an ill turn.The babbling man was grazed by a shot that made the blood stream widely down his face. He clapped both hands to his head (from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane) O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? (from “Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key) Cruelty so fiendish could never have a cause, but it cannot be denied that the torture of Crawford was the effect of the butchery of the Christian Indians. That awful deed was an act of even greater wickedness, for it was the act of men who were not savage by birth or race or creed. (from “The Torture of Colonel Crawford” by William Dean Howells )
I'd consider this a "book smarts" vs. "street smarts" scenario, pretty literally with the idea of not knowing what subway to take. Nothing in the passage shows she isn't confident in her abilities or has any sort of dependence on her daughter, and it states very clearly many things she is able to do.
The Traditional Plot is the structure behind most of the stories and movies you know. It is helpful to know what it is for writing your own stories and identifying every point in a story.
