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The Red Badge of Courage
Chapters XVI–XVII
Summary and Analysis Chapter 21
Summary
After repelling the enemy counterattack, Henry and the remainder of his regiment return to their lines where they are greeted with taunts and derogatory comments made by another regiment. Henry is angered by the comments, as are the lieutenant and the red-bearded officer.
Henry looks back at the distance which the regiment covered in the charge, and he realizes, with surprise, that they really had not ventured very far from their line. He begins to think that the jeers of the greeting regiment are justified.
However, as Henry reflects further on the charge, he feels quite happy and contented with his own personal performance during the battle.
As the men are resting, the general who recommended that the 304th lead the charge rides into the camp
and confronts the colonel of the regiment and criticizes the efforts of the men. He wants to know why the regiment could not have gone another 100 feet across the lot.
The regiment’s colonel seems prepared to respond angrily to the critical officer; however, he backs down. The general leaves in a huff.

The lieutenant, who overhears the general’s remarks, begins to defend the regiment’s efforts, but he is rebuffed by the colonel.
The other soldiers, including Henry and Wilson, defend their efforts and recount their efforts with praise. The more they talk, the angrier they get with the general.
Analysis
When Henry and the regiment return to their lines after their charge, and after repelling the enemy’s counterattack, they are greeted with derision by a waiting regiment.
Henry’s reaction is one of anger. The reader has seen Henry’s anger approach the level of hate on other occasions in recent encounters with the enemy.
Now Henry feels hate even for his fellow troops. He is an anger machine which could boil into hate for anything or anyone who challenges his courage or the courage of his regiment.
This is quite a change from the fearful, doubting Henry whom the reader saw earlier in the book.
At the same time, Henry is also characterized as a realistic soldier
When he reviews the actions of his regiment in terms of the territory covered in the charge, he realizes that the distances covered “were trivial and ridiculous.”
He considers that perhaps the criticism of his regiment by the other regiment is justified. When he sees his disheveled regiment “gulping at their canteens,”.
he feels disgust for their weakness because he thinks of his own behavior and performance during the charge and is quite pleased.
Lieutenant
A lieutenant (UK: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ lef-TEN-ənt or US: /luːˈtɛnənt/ loo-TEN-ənt[1] abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.
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