Krebs In Ernest Hemingway's Essay

Krebs no longer connects with the world. He avoids being around people, so “He sat there on the porch reading a book on the war” (Hemingway 135). Reading war books reminds Harold of the time in the war. Harold Krebs fits in or connects when reading war books. It makes him feel like himself again. But, it also could show that Krebs is having trouble remembering details of the war. Therefore, going back to reading the war books will help him remember some of the things that he saw in the war. When Krebs was conversing with his mother, she mentioned that “I had a talk with your father last night, Harold,” she said, “and he is willing for you to take the car out in the evenings” (Hemingway 136). Krebs parents wanted Harold to go out and enjoy himself. They wanted
Krebs has a different aspect on how he views the world and cannot control of what he says. He does not want to lose anyone he loves. When his mother asked him “Don’t you love you mother, dear boy” (Hemingway 138)? His reply was “No” Krebs said” (Hemingway 138). Harold Krebs was just thinking out loud. He knew what he had said to his mother was wrong, but he could not fix what he told her. Krebs was also reminded by his mother that “I held you next to my heart when you were a tiny baby” (Hemingway 138). She wanted Krebs to feel how much her love was for him and that he should still love his mother even through all the conflicts that he was involved in at the war. After apologizing to his mother for what he had said “He had felt sorry for his mother and she had made him lie” (Hemingway 138). Harold Krebs seems to be that he could not explain that he did not want to lose his mother. He wanted her to keep distant from his life, but not to distant where he would lose his mother love, or trust. It also shows that his love had been turned upside down by his traumatic experience from the war and that he did not have that emotional balance right