Read the excerpt from The Red Badge of Courage. In this excerpt, Henry Fleming, a young soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, receives news that his regiment will soon be in battle, and he remembers how he first enlisted.

He had burned several times to enlist. Tales of great movements shook the land. They might not be distinctly Homeric, but there seemed to be much glory in them. He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and he had longed to see it all. His busy mind had drawn for him large pictures extravagant in color, lurid with breathless deeds.

Which statement best expresses Henry’s perspective in this excerpt?

Going to fight in a war will be a noble endeavor.
War is necessary for the existence of humanity.
Fighting in a war allows people to repay their country.
War reveals people’s best and worst qualities.