The Red Badge of Courage

why do you think crane chose to identify his characters by name only during dialogue and in third person with descriptors such as loud tattered

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There is a shift in character mood and tone as Crane moves from the personal to the symbolic. The characters with names have personal identities while the others symbolize an idea about the casualties of war both physically and on the human psyche.