Post #15 NEW BOOK

Red Badge of Courage
pgs. 1-48

This book is set in the civil war era. when a young boy decides he must join the southern forces. This enlistment, for him, is not for a sense of entitlement or heroism. This boy wants to join because he thinks it would be "cool" so to speak. He tells his mother his decision, though she battles it, and goes to school to be honored by his mates for his "heroism". The next day, he arrives at the camp, and hears exaggerated stories of war from some older veterans. He is pumped for his first battle, but when the gun fires, he runs like a startled kitten. he had much worried of this during the long nights in his base camp, and never thought he could be so wimpy. He now knows, after talking to a the "tall man", that this is not the honorable thing to do, and he must struggle to help his fellow soldiers.