The Objectification Of Women In Soldier's Home
The portrayals of female in “Soldier’s Home”, on the other hand, are different from the portrayal of female in “The Necklace”. The women are objectified as an object of lust for men’s sexualized ideals. The objectification of women reduces a female’s self-identity by depicting women as an object because it infers a female’s inferiority. “Soldier’s Home” belittles women as something that men can own, which emphasizes men’s masculinity. Krebs’ nurturing mother and charming sister both beg Krebs for his love by asking the question as “Do you love me always?” (Hemingway, 4). Both of those two females want to be beloved of the male, showing the portrayal of women as obsessive with men’s love and lust. The female characters in this text act in obedience
to the male characters to obtain male character’s love, which belittles female. Also, Krebs, who mainly portrays a female figure in this text, is very judgmental about a female’s figure even though he thinks owning a woman“[is] [not] worth it” (Hemingway, 2). He portrays women as “a nice pattern” and it represents a female as an appealing object to a male. It is meant to be that women must be beloved of men and feminine for men’s satisfaction.
to the male characters to obtain male character’s love, which belittles female. Also, Krebs, who mainly portrays a female figure in this text, is very judgmental about a female’s figure even though he thinks owning a woman“[is] [not] worth it” (Hemingway, 2). He portrays women as “a nice pattern” and it represents a female as an appealing object to a male. It is meant to be that women must be beloved of men and feminine for men’s satisfaction.