of this story knows what the truths of war are, they are the feelings, emotions, sights, smells, and lessons that Henry learns during his time on the battlefield and cannot be learned from books or any other medium except

When Crane writes, “As his imagination went forward to flight, he saw hideous possibilities. He contemplated the lurking menaces of the future, and failed in an effort to see himself standing stoutly in the midst of them. He recalled his

vision of broken-bladed glory, but in the shadow of the impending tumult he suspected them to be impossible pictures,” he begins the readers as well as Henrys transformation to the realities of warfare. If a reader were to closely examine this particular passage they would find imagery has begun its role in aiding the stories goal in expressing the realities of war. In this passage Crane begins to show the youths fear and anxiety. A reader of this passage may interpret that “the lurking menaces of the future” to be Henrys mind thinking of what is inevitably lying ahead for him. Without the use of imagery, this particular passage would lose its effect of subconsciously making the reader doubt Henrys romantic thoughts of war. Crane wants the reader to feel Henrys uncertainty of himself and also to begin the transformation from romanticism to reality.

In Stephen Cranes goal of showing war how it actually happens he chooses to display another truth of war that many people seem to overlook. In war people fear for there lives and do not run around without care as many seem to believe. Stephen Crane shows this with his imagery when he writes, to the youth it was an onslaught of redoubtable dragons. He became like the man who lost his legs at the approach of the red and green monster. He waited in a sort of horrified, listening attitude. He seemed to shut his eyes and wait to be gobbled. The scene the reader sees here is very persuasive in turning his image of war. This imagery shows the fear and agony that come when staring death in the eyes. Henry is terrified of the enemy, represented by the dragons, and his only ability is to shut his eyes and wait for death. This imagery includes just one of the many truths that are learned in war, however this one simple fact presented in its

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