Ernest Hemingway Soldiers Home Analysis
A Confused Soldier In Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” it is a story about a young man who struggles with the effects of the war. Hemingway shows how the young man cannot fall into what people presume him to be like. Harold Krebs is the main character who has dynamically changed from what his family remembers him as. Therefore, he struggles with being able to love in the way that his family feels that he should, and also he does not want to live the life that he once wanted anymore. Hemingway has Krebs change from an eager young man to a man who just wants to be mellow. Hemingway shows the first major change when Krebs goes to return home, he does not rush like all the other soldiers did. Hemingway says that, “The men from the town who
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During the time in which the way took place there were some new defense tactics that the army had begun to use for example the use of poison gas, tanks, airplanes, submarines, and flamethrowers. With all of these new weapons Krebs seen people die in the most horrific types of ways, and upon arriving home Krebs could not talks about the things that he had seen. With his entire family on his back about trying to get a job and settle down Krebs could not image sharing his life with someone who may never understand the person he has become. Hemmingway has made it clear that Krebs cannot talk about what he has witnessed; therefore, he may be afraid that finding a love would only make him face a fear that he just cannot face. Charles Oliver stated that “Whatever the plausibility, Krebs is back home with the weight of those war Experiences on his mind, fresh experiences and no doubt impossible to dispel” (342). This explains that Krebs cannot image losing anyone close to him. Therefore, he rather push them away like he did to his mother when she tried to get him to do things and find a love, but when Helen arrives it is a totally different attitude Krebs has with her. The only explainable reason for Krebs to treat her different is because she does not try to interrogate him about the war. Instead, she talks to him about sports and other things. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” Hemingway demonstrates how a person can go from having a perfectly normal life to being thrown into complete disorder and losing all faith. Hemingway shows how Krebs could not face the people he once knew, and how he cannot talk about what he really did and seen. Also Hemingway shows how Krebs lost complete hope and faith within
During the time in which the way took place there were some new defense tactics that the army had begun to use for example the use of poison gas, tanks, airplanes, submarines, and flamethrowers. With all of these new weapons Krebs seen people die in the most horrific types of ways, and upon arriving home Krebs could not talks about the things that he had seen. With his entire family on his back about trying to get a job and settle down Krebs could not image sharing his life with someone who may never understand the person he has become. Hemmingway has made it clear that Krebs cannot talk about what he has witnessed; therefore, he may be afraid that finding a love would only make him face a fear that he just cannot face. Charles Oliver stated that “Whatever the plausibility, Krebs is back home with the weight of those war Experiences on his mind, fresh experiences and no doubt impossible to dispel” (342). This explains that Krebs cannot image losing anyone close to him. Therefore, he rather push them away like he did to his mother when she tried to get him to do things and find a love, but when Helen arrives it is a totally different attitude Krebs has with her. The only explainable reason for Krebs to treat her different is because she does not try to interrogate him about the war. Instead, she talks to him about sports and other things. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” Hemingway demonstrates how a person can go from having a perfectly normal life to being thrown into complete disorder and losing all faith. Hemingway shows how Krebs could not face the people he once knew, and how he cannot talk about what he really did and seen. Also Hemingway shows how Krebs lost complete hope and faith within