The Red Badge of Courage

Red Badge of Courage

What does the following passage reveal about the private’s mother? But his mother had discouraged him. She had affected to look with some contempt upon the quality of his war ardor and patriotism. She could calmly seat herself and with no apparent difficulty give him many hundreds of reasons why he was of vastly more importance on the farm than on the field of battle. She had had certain ways of expression that told him that her statements on the subject came from a deep conviction. Moreover, on her side, was his belief that her ethical motive in the argument was impregnable.
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Mother had no illusions about war. She knew that it was brutal and, in the end, unimportant to their lives. She thought her son's place was on the farm not only from a practical perspective but on an ideological perspective as well.

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