The Red Badge of Courage: Belief Belief is defined as “a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing,” according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1998. Throughout the civil war people believed many different things. My mandala shows how the north and south believed in different things and what the characters in the book believed; furthermore, what each group or individual learned from there original beliefs. In the book “The Red Badge of Courage,” the main character or youth believes. He believes that he wants to be a hero. He believes that when he becomes a hero he will become a man and know about life. The youth believ