I recently watched The Thin Red Line. Not the new, 1998 version however; accidentally picked up the 1964 black and white picture. The story line and plot going on in the movie is very hard to understand, and I read very different from the book The Thin Red Line, but I got the main gist of it. The main character in the movie is a very young solider and the sergeant of the company they are in. …showed first 75 words of 705 total…

…showed last 75 words of 705 total…an execution; the government it sending them there to be killed and slaughtered. In the end however both characters become heroes. Maybe not famous, but within there regiment they both accomplish major goals. Henry, overcomes most of his fears of battle, and in The Thin Red Line, the main character takes over command after the sergeant dies in combat. These are some of the similarities between Red Badge of Courage and the Thin Red Line.