The Red Badge of Courage
what is meant by this final sentence?
It appeared that the swift wings of their desires would have shattered against the iron gates of the impossible.
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The youth figures out that they must fight forward. Staying in the same place would surely be disaster. The youth expected fear in the men but instead he saw them full of courage and valor, There was new and unexpected force in the movement of the regiment. The quote shows how their new-found energy and courage could take down iron gates.
