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The Red Badge of Courage

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This novel, though quite short, painted and incredibly dark and gripping picture of what the Civil War was like for those unfortunate souls who had to fight in it. At first the book seems somewhat crazy, but as you read on you find that it is only brought on by the madness of the war itself. A great work that I would highly recommend to anyone.

If only to counteract the overall poor rating of this book by students forced to read this book when too immature and impatient to comprehend it, I had to write this. This book is "confusing" because war is complex and both horrible and attractive to the main character, and I suppose it is "boring" because it does not give the pat answers to the problems of war that it raises, but rather requires thoughtful and patient reading. This is not to blame our schoolchildren--it is only to register for them that the fact that something is not immediately consumable by their infantile appetites does not entitle them to comment upon the worth of something that is valued in the world. In other word, be patient when those who are good and more experienced than you recommend something not immediately palatable--you may learn something.

I liked the book but these unabridged tapes where very boaring , the reader has a tiring voice , and the quality of the sound is poor. i think reading the book is a better alternative.