[Dragaera] The Red Badge of Courage

[Mark Mandel]

Posted.

Thanks again.

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> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Scott Crain <s_thomas_crain at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > While I can't find the exact line in Stephen Crane's book, I did note
> > while re-reading Dragon that it is very clearly referenced.
> >
> > Chapter 12, 'A Few Bumps and Bruises'
> >
> > ... and Virt, limping along next to me, said that the bandage around my
> > forehead made me look like a real warrior.
> >
> > p.201, first mass market edition
> >
> >
> > Especially exquisite is that Vlad received this wound when he was
> > rushing at his opponent; she caught him perfectly, but it was with the flat
> > of the blade.  Compare this to how the main character in Red Badge of
> > Courage gets -his- head injury -- running headlong away from his first
> > battle, he slams into a tree branch.
> >
> > Vlad also loses his cap (for which, I think, I'm pretty clearly
> > imagining an American Civil War foraging cap...); the main character in Red
> > Badge of Courage also loses his, if I recall correctly.
> >
> > Yet another item for the Cracks & Shards Allusions page.  :)
> >
> >
> > S. Thomas Crain
> > Author-in-Training
> >
> >
>