The Red Badge of Courage
Henry accepts the fact that the division will not be defeated. in what direction does his thinking go
chapter 11
chapter 11
Henry knows he needs to think of good excuses, yet he cannot invent a plausible tale. He pictures the whole regiment talking about him derisively, and laughing and staring at him. He would be turned into a "slang phrase."
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