Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane wrote a book depicting war that still holds up, even though it was written over one hundred years ago. Crane shows how young boys can look at the soldier from home and see a hero to be imitated. He then puts his main character, a boy, in the center of the war by making him enlist. Crane's description of war is so clear and accurate. First of all, war kills people in groups. War leaves many more soldiers with loses. Loses of limbs, organs, and mental health. Everytime I hear a young person in the subway discuss enlisting into the military, I wonder if he has read Red Badge of Courage.