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'Norm In' A Soldier's Home
There are three reasons as to why the soldier’s father let him use the car when he arrives home a month later in the story “Soldier’s Home” The father wants his son to go get a job. The father wants his son to experience life like those in the neighborhood. Lastly the war will create man out of a boy.
It had not been a month yet before the idea to find a job was brought up to Harold by his parents. Harold had not even been settled in yet either. After gone through and have seen blood shed one would conclude that they will him try to find some type of norm and adjust to the life before the war. However that wasn’t the case. His parent wanted him to work so after the son said not yet his mother told him that his father said it’s okay for him


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