Throughout every major time period and every piece of literature there has come to be a stance in the community of the church and how it was displayed to the public eye. The novel, The red badge of courage by Steven Crane, has this imagery of the church and its religion, which is evident in particular instances spread through the novel. Crane uses this imagery not only to entertain the reader with pungent detail, but also to enhance the readers involvement in the novel. The first major use of this religious imagery appears at the end of the seventh chapter. "After running at length, he reached a place where the high, arching boughs made a chapel." "Near the threshold he stopped, horror-stricken at the sight." "He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a column-like tree."(46) The stark irony of a rotten corpse in a bac....

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