Belief is defined as "a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing," according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1998. Throughout the civil war people believed many different things. My mandala shows how the north and south believed in different things and what the characters in the book believed; furthermore, what each group or individual learned from there original beliefs. In the book "The Red Badge of Courage," the …showed first 75 words of 574 total…

…showed last 75 words of 574 total…the south had great ambition and the north felt great honor toward the south. The north also felt the south was part of the union and will always be a part. The south learned that they cannot succeed from the union or make federal laws null and void in the separate states. The character learned what a man is and how to learn from mistakes and about life lessons. Now he is considered a man.