The idea that war is an energizing, sentimental undertaking brimming with brilliance and courage has existed for quite a long time and proceeds somewhat today. 100 years back, notwithstanding, Stephen Crane set out to demolish these fantasies through his novel The Red Identification of Boldness, which follows the encounters of a youthful trooper in the American Common War. Crane shows the real essence of battle by differentiating Henry Fleming's sentimental desires with the truth that he experiences.
This differentiation between sentimental vision and cold reality can be seen right off the bat in the novel, with Henry's takeoff from home. Headed to a "delayed rapture of fervor" by the cheering group, Henry enrolls in the military and bids farewell to his mom with a "light of energy and anticipation in his eyes". He foresees a sentimental, nostalgic farewell suggestive of Simple occasions and even goes similarly as getting ready comments ahead of time which he wants to use "with contacting impact" to make "a wonderful scene."
Be that as it may, Crane presents a more practical view. At the updates on Henry's enrollment, his mom essentially says "The Master's will be done" and keeps draining the bovine, having recently asked Henry not to be "a numb-skull" by enrolling. She at that point annihilates his expectations by offering reasonable, useful exhortation in her farewell discourse. Her farewell is so unique in relation to what Henry expects that he is aggravated and "fretful under the trial" of the discourse.
