In this essay I will identify the main theme of Ernest Hemingway’s poem “A Soldiers Home”, Langston Hughes “A Dream Deferred”, and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “On a Play Seen Twice” and how each theme displays beliefs and characteristics of the Modernist writing between 1915 and 1935. I will also analyze how Steinbeck’s imagery highlights his theme of loneliness and confinement in “The Chrysanthemum’s”. And lastly, I will explain how Oscar Casares creates a believable main character in “Mrs. Perex” and focus on his use of flashbacks, the importance of the bowling ball, and the effect of her family on her life.
First and foremost, the main theme in Hemmingway’s poem is Krebs inability to relate to his mother and to his home life