Essay on A Soldier's Home by Ernest Hemingway

The story, A Soldiers Home, is about a man in conflict with the past and present events in his life. The young man’s name is Harold Krebs. He recently returned from World War 1 to find everything almost exactly the same as when he left. He moved back into his parents house, where he found the same car sitting in the same drive way. He also found the girls looking the same, except now they all had short hair. When he returned to his home town in Oklahoma the hysteria of the soldiers coming home was all over. The other soldiers had come home years before Krebs had so everyone was over the excitement. When he first returned home he didn’t want to talk about the war at all. Then, when he suddenly felt the urge and need to talk about it no one

Ernest Hemingway’s story “Soldier’s Home” demonstrates how the soldiers of today may feel when they get back home from war. Even though this story was written in 1925 a lot of today’s soldiers can probably relate to this story. When Krebs came home it seems as though he felt unappreciated and that people didn’t care. In the story Krebs felt as though he had to make up stories to get the attention of other. Much like the soldiers today, he wanted and needed someone to just listen. It seems as though he felt lost when he came back to the United States (Baerdemaeker 55).

Some soldiers who have served over in war zones often develop PTSD and never reach out for the help they need or deserve. Other soldiers will fight through their symptoms like nothing is wrong. Both soldiers were showing signs of PTSD. They showed signs of PTSD by not being very sociable, they had signs of depression, and they became unattached to their families. Krebs would give short answers to his loved ones such as uh- huh, sure, maybe and I can’t. However; Krebs at least would give some sort of acknowledgement to his mother where Bowker would not speak to anyone he would just drive around alone thinking to himself about what he was going to talk to his dad about if he could. “If Sally had not been married or if his father were not such a baseball fan, it would have been a good time to

Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldiers Home” is about a young man named Krebs who is learning to adjust to society after his experience in Europe during World War I. Hemingway’s purpose for writing this story can be confusing and also very telling. I believe Krebs was not a soldier at all and in fact, deceives his family, his friends, and his community into believing he was an experienced soldier in World War I. At first glance, Krebs may be seen as a war hero. However, by observing the characteristics such as Kreb’s background, actions, motivation, and the author’s Implied Evaluation, we see that he is not a war hero at all.

The experience of war can be very damaging both physically and mentally for any person. The graphic images, deaths, and moral disintegration can cause anyone to fall into blatant misery. In the short story, “Soldier’s Home,” Ernest Hemingway writes about a young soldier coming home from WWI and the difficulties that he has trying to fit back into the old world that he once knew. Hemingway does not provide readers the first hand accounts of Krebs’s war experiences. Instead, he shows how the memories of war significantly shape Krebs’s life at home. For example, ways that the war massively effected Krebs’s well being throughout the present day includes: Krebs’s mental state, his view on relationships with women, and him feeling as though

5.7 million casualties, 12.8 million wounded, and millions of families effected; all due to World War I (World War One — Statistics). The amount of damage World War I left behind is irreversible and will never be forgotten, but hearing and reading about the effect war has, is never the same as experiencing it. “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway describes the experience of a young soldier that faces the psychological effects that war leaves behind. Upon looking back at life, at a time when things appeared perfect, the small things seemed so important and large; can change with a blink of an eye. Depictions of the scary transition from small town boy into a soldier in one of histories biggest wars, provided a permanent internal trauma and fear

This is an essay on the short story “Soldier’s Home” by Hemingway. Will the life of a soldier ever be the same after returning from war? Many generations of young adults have gone from their homes with tranquil settings to experience war and come home to a different world. Many have witnessed the devastations and atrocities that occur with war. Harold Krebs, a young man from a small town with a loving family is no different from those before him and those to follow. The anguish of what war is however cannot dispel the thoughts and memories of what many young men come home to face in the real world. Many have trouble coping in the new world known as home.

Underneath the depths of the ocean lies glimpses and fragments of overwhelming sentiment that construct a photomontage in contemplation of creating the bigger picture. On deciphering an enigmatic ordeal of far greater magnitude and emotional significance, the iceberg principle successes in eclipsing the truth of a story. Hemingway operates under this technique to let the concrete facts float above water while drowning the intense emotions of a character. Hemingway’s signature stripped-down technique is manifested in a noteworthy story that is set against the abhorrence of war; A Farewell To Arms is a semiautobiographical work composed by Ernest Hemingway after World War I. Hemingway uses the iceberg principle to create a lucid image with the sententious and terse elucidation about Frederic Henry 's character; hence, portraying deep emotions and thoughts that are profoundly veiled within his dialogues and actions. To enhance an in-depth psychological dissection of Frederic Henry’s severe emotional trauma caused by warfare, Hemingway uses telegraphic dialogue, stream-of-consciousness, and symbolism.

"Soldier's Home” Soldier’s Home was written by Ernest Hemingway and was published for a first time in 1925. This short story is about a young soldier Harorl Krebs, who come back to his town in Oklahoma from the world war I after service as a marine. Krebs suffers a painful emotional transformation during the period of the war. Krebs emotional distance and apathy about his future was noticed by his family and friends. Here we are going to analyze why Krebs feels a need to lie when he talks about what happened to him in the war?

Wrestling with the almost indescribable topic of war, Hemingway layers A Farewell to Arms with deeper meaning in order to allow for in depth interpretation of his characters and overall thematic message. Throughout the novel guns come to symbolize the direct control of violence and eventually reveal how Henry has changed as a character and the overall destruction that war brings.

At home and on the battlefield the Great War began in 1914 with an excitement to fight for one’s Country and a sense of honor. But as the war pressed on the horrors of war began to affect the soldiers on the battlefield, in the trenches and the people back at home.

Ernest Hemingway's WWI classic, A Farewell to Arms is a story of initiation in which the growth of the protagonist, Frederic Henry, is recounted. Frederic is initially a naïve and unreflective boy who cannot grasp the meaning of the war in which he is so dedicated, nor the significance of his lover's predictions about his future. He cannot place himself amidst the turmoil that surrounds him and therefore, is unable to fully justify a world of death and destruction. Ultimately, his distinction between his failed relationship with Catherine Barkley and the devastation of the war allows him to mature and arrive at the resolution that the only thing one can be sure of in the course of life is death

Ernest Hemingway “Soldier’s Home" is an outstanding short story that shows the tragic impact of war on the life of a young soldier who returns home. The story paints a vibrant picture of a soldier’s life after coming back from a shocking experience. Hemingway shows impacts of war on a soldier with the main character being Harold Krebs, who faces hostility in his hometown after his return from fighting in the war. The main character in the story is Kreb with the author making usage of repetition, characterization, and symbolism to bring out the message in the story.

In "War," Nick Adams progresses from an innocent, invincible soldier to an experienced, realistic human. Ernest Hemingway uses his minimalist approach to display the destructive consequences of war and show that no benefits come from violence. Nick departs for war as a confident soldier and learns very quickly about the reality of war because of his injury. Then, he feels the psychological effects of the war through his inability to rest. Finally, Nick leaves the war as a fortunate, hopeful man with a lot still to experience. The war gives Nick a realistic outlook on life and matures him though all the death and destruction.

The Soldier’s Home is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. Its plot focuses on Harold Krebs, a young man, who returned to his home in Oklahoma after two years participation in the World War I. This experience affected Harold and disturbed his full integration into the civil life. The end of the story shows signs of improvement in Krebs’s condition, as the man finally decides to find a job. But this changes are shallow – the character stayed withdrawal and did not demonstrate a strong wish to participate in common activities of the civil life. It is possible to suggest the man suffered from the Post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the war. While Harold’s behavior did not correspond fully to the aspect of this disease, Hemingway’s description of his actions and attitude includes some symptoms of the PTSD.