The Red Badge of Courage
Henry starts to feel cocky, how do we know this?
from chapter 16
from chapter 16
Henry's friend Wilson breaks down. His sobs seem to remind Henry what he used to be like. Henry refuses to go back to the person that had once turned and ran, "he was master, it would now be he who could laugh and shoot shafts of derision". Henry feels borne again; he doesn't fear battle anymore.