Henry Fleming age comparison
Henry Flemming underwent a major change as he became older. He became more courageous as an older man than he was as a youth. It may have been that he had not matured at the time of the war or that the war had changed him and made him more courageous. Regardless the reason, the older Henry Flemming was much more courageous than he was as a youth and there are a few situations in which he was able to prove that his courage had grown. Many times Henry would sit around and tell his stories of war. When he was asked if he was ever scared, Henry would tell the people listening that in fact he did get scared during battles. In fact, he even told them that at his first battle, he was so frightened that he fled from it. Telling a group of people that you had a weakness and were so scared that you had to flee from the danger takes a lot of courage. When Henry was a youth at war, he was terrified that someone would find out that he had fl
Henry Flemming as a youth was naive and had not matured and these conditions helped in the fact that Henry was not very courageous. He fled from battle and then was terrified of what people might think. He always thought twice before every battle and if there was too much danger then Henry would remove himself from the situation. Then as Henry aged, he became much more courageous and there were many situations to prove that. He had enough courage to admit to being scared, to admit to fleeing from battle, to put himself in danger without thinking twice, and also to die in order to, at least, attempt to rescue. Henry as a youth was more cautious then courageous, and Henry as an older man was more courageous then cautious. When Henry remembered about the colts and, knowing it was extremely dangerous, still attempted to rescue them, the roof collapsed in on him and he was killed. When Henry was young at war, he was scared of battle and was not willing to die for his
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