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What do you guys think?

I think you’re right. And thats part of the problem. Allowing yourself to become overrun by your emotions is what creates murder, revenge, theft, and other very bad things.

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He had, of course, dreamed of battles all his life–of vague and bloody conflicts that had thrilled him with their sweep and fire. In visions he had seen himself in many struggles. He had imagined peoples secure in the shadow of his eagle-eyed prowess. But awake he had regarded battles as crimson blotches on the pages of the past. He had put them as things of the bygone with his thought-images of heavy crowns and high castles. There was a portion of the world’s history which he had regarded as the time of wars, but it, he thought, had been long gone over the horizon and had disappeared forever.

From his home his youthful eyes had looked upon the war in his own country with distrust. It must be some sort of a play affair. He had long despaired of witnessing a Greeklike struggle. Such would be no more, he had said. Men were better, or more timid. Secular and religious education had effaced the throat-grappling instinct, or else firm finance held in check the passions.

He had burned several times to enlist. Tales of great movements shook the land. They might not be distinctly Homeric, but there seemed to be much glory in them. He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and he had longed to see it all. His busy mind had drawn for him large pictures extravagant in color, lurid with breathless deeds.

But his mother had discouraged him. She had affected to look with some contempt upon the quality of his war ardor and patriotism. She could calmly seat herself and with no apparent difficulty give him many hundreds of reasons why he was of vastly more importance on the farm than on the field of battle. She had had certain ways of expression that told him that her statements on the subject came from a deep conviction. Moreover, on her side, was his belief that her ethical motive in the argument was impregnable.

At last, however, he had made firm rebellion against this yellow light (for question 2) thrown upon the color of his ambitions. The newspapers, the gossip of the village, his own picturings, had aroused him to an uncheckable degree. They were in truth fighting finely down there. Almost every day the newspaper printed accounts of a decisive victory.

One night, as he lay in bed, the winds had carried to him the clangoring of the church bell as some enthusiast jerked the rope frantically to tell the twisted news of a great battle. This voice of the people rejoicing in the night had made him shiver in a prolonged ecstasy of excitement. Later, he had gone down to his mother’s room and had spoken thus: "Ma, I’m going to enlist."

"Henry, don’t you be a fool," his mother had replied. She had then covered her face with the quilt. There was an end to the matter for that night. "

Nevertheless, the next morning he had gone to a town that was near his mother’s farm and had enlisted in a company that was forming there. When he had returned home his mother was milking the brindle cow. Four others stood waiting. "Ma, I’ve enlisted," he had said to her diffidently. There was a short silence. "The Lord’s will be done, Henry," she had finally replied, and had then continued to milk the brindle cow.

When he had stood in the doorway with his soldier’s clothes on his back, and with the light of excitement and expectancy in his eyes almost defeating the glow of regret for the home bonds, he had seen two tears leaving their trails on his mother’s scarred cheeks.

Still, she had disappointed him by saying nothing whatever about returning with his shield or on it. He had privately primed himself for a beautiful scene. He had prepared certain sentences which he thought could be used with touching effect. But her words destroyed his plans. She had doggedly peeled potatoes and addressed him as follows: "You watch out, Henry, an’ take good care of yerself in this here fighting business–you watch, an’ take good care of yerself. Don’t go a-thinkin’ you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh can’t. Yer jest one little feller amongst a hull lot of others, and yeh’ve got to keep quiet an’ do what they tell yeh. I know how you are, Henry.

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Questions:

1) "Greek-like struggle", and the allusion to spartan mothers (lines 102-104)
(a) give the passage a formal tone
(b) Indicate Ma’s opinion about war
(c) show Henry’s view of war as heroic
(d) contrast ancient Greek wars with the Civil War (what I chose)
(e) reveal the writer’s familiarity with Greek myths and history

2) The "yellow light" is a
(a) simile comparin
2) The "yellow light" is a
(a) simile comparing a lamp to the sun
(b) symbol of an inspiring holy vision (what I chose)
(c) metaphor for the mother’s doubt
(d) reference to Henry’s cowardice
(e) moral allegory about war

3) The first four sentences of the last paragraph reinforce he overall tone of
(a) fanciness and sentimentality (what I chose)
(b) reflection and bemusement
(c) optimism and wittiness
(d) harshness and judgement
(e) bitterness and pessimism

4) The passage’s point of view is
(a) first-person narrative
(b) second-person narrative
(c) third-person limited narrative
(d) third-erson omniscient narrative (what I chose)
(e) two different narratives
5) Which of the following statements is ironic?
(a) "He had imagined people’s secure in the shadow of his…prowess."
(b) "She could…seat herself." (what I chose)
(c) "At last, however, he had made firm rebellion."
(d) "Later, he had gone down to his mother’s room."
(e) "He stood in the door-way with his…clothes on his back"

6) The climax of the passage occurs when
(a) Henry thinks he could be a war hero
(b) Henry’s mother tells him that he is needed on the farm
(c) Henry hears bells announcing a battle
(d) Henry announces that he will enlist (what I chose)
(e) Henry’s mother tells him to be careful

7) Ma’s dialect contrasts her lack of sophistication with the
(a) heroic expectations of Henry maintains
(b) educational level of the story’s audience
(c) optimism of gathering Northern troops
(d) common-sense advice she gives (what I chose)
(e) stories in the newspapers The character of the mother can be described as all of the following except:
(a) enthusiastic (what I chose)
(b) religious
(c) sorrowful
(d) skeptical
(e) hardworking

9) The most important conflict is between:
(a) Henry’s religious education and his mother’s beliefs
(b) the mother’s chores and Henry’s work
(c) Henry’s desire for excitement and the occasional monotony of farm life
(d) the mother’s concern for animals and Henry’s neglect of them
(e) Henry’s romantic view of battle and the harsh reality of war (what I chose)

10) From information provided in the passage, readers can tell that Henry
(a) will lose his life during battle
(b) plans to later finish high school
(c) feels no regrets over leaving home
(d) ignores new stories about the war
(e) has joined a company of Union forces (what I chose)
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*Note: I’ve done this, but I need validation of my answers. Please help =) thanks

The Red Badge of Courage Quotes

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/redbadge/quotes.html

http://www.shmoop.com/red-badge-of-courage/quotes.html

Summary & Full Text:

http://www.online-literature.com/crane/redbadge/

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CRANE/badge.html

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