Part 1 of Essay
The by Stephen Crane follows the effects of war on a Union soldier, Henry Fleming, from his dreams of being a soldier, to his actual enlistment, and most interestingly through several battles of the Civil War. Henry Fleming was not happy with his boring life on the farm. He wanted to become a hero in war and have girls lo ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... without direction, going in circles. They kept marching on without purpose, direction, or any fighting. Through time Henry started to think about the battles in a different way, a more experienced way, he started to become afraid that he might run from battle when duty calls. He felt like a slave, doing whatever his superiors told him. When the regiment finally discovers a battle-taking place, Jim gives Henry a little packet in a yellow envelope, telling Henry that this will be his first and last battl ....