Tension In Soldier's Home

The research topic I chose, is the struggle a soldier may endure when trying to conform back to society after being away at war. Ernest Hemingway enlisted in the military shortly after graduating from High School in 1918 and was severely wounded before coming back home. In the short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway the character Krebs has enlisted in the military also. When Krebs arrived back home in the United States, he struggled with everyday life and trying to fit back into society. The focus of my research will be the strain that war can have on a soldier both mentally and physically. Soldiers return home after witnessing their own men get killed and tortured while having to worry about their own safety this eventually has to take a mental toll on them.
In the story “Soldier’s Home” Krebs lost his ambition to get back into the norm of society. Krebs felt that he wasn’t able to have emotions or to pray eventhough deep down he wanted to. He knew it was the right thing to do but