Red Badge of Courage 1-8

After reading chapters one through eight of The Red Badge of Courage, I am not a fan of the book so far. The story is very drawn out and does not really seem to go anywhere. For all the writing that is done, nothing really happened in the story. It is about a boy who enlists in the army. The young soldier is an coward and is afraid to fight. He is constantly worrying about whither or not he will fight, or run. He asks other people what they will do when the fighting comes to hear their opinions. I hope we do not have men as cowardly as this fighting for our country today. Granted, this man had no prior training, but he still should have the courage to stand his ground and fight for what he believes in. I do not think that I would have much trouble staying to fight. Especially if it was my idea to enlist in the army. This is what I do not understand about it. It was the boy's decision to enlist in the army, then when he gets there he does not want to do any of the dirty work. He should have thought his decision through a little better before he got in to that situation. It is kind of a big deal to risk you life for something you believe in, so if you are not willing to do so, you should not try to fake it. The Red Badge of Courage is not extremely interesting so far. I hope there will be some more action in the upcoming chapters. It would be a decent novel if there was more going on. I also think that the boy will become more strong and less cowardly as the story goes on. I think he will stand up for what he believes in and will learn to fight instead of run. Overall The Red Badge of Courage is an okay story and I hope it will pick up in the upcoming chapters.