Ernest Hemingway's A Boy At War

The book “I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor” was written by “Lauren Tarshis”. This book; like most historical fiction books; mixed actual events with fictional characters. I overall liked this book but was a bit disappointed when they mainly focused on characters rather than real events. The summary of the book is about a boy named Danny who lived with his Ma in New York City, but that all changed when Finn; a friend of Danny; fell off a balcony and got hurt. Danny’s Ma then decided to move to Hawaii because she thought it was much safer there; Danny really wanted to get back to New York and Finn; he even thought about stowing away on a ship that traveled between Hawaii and California. Then he met a boy named Aki; and later his mother

Pearl Harbor: FDR leads the Nation into War. By Steven M. Gillon. (Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2011.)

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

The inclusion of a seemingly anachronistic literary type—the scheming or dangerous diminutive man—may seem out of place in a modern novel. Yet this quality of Kantorek arguably reflects the espousal of dated ideas by an older generation of leaders who betray their followers with manipulations, ignorance, and lies. "While they taught that duty to one's country is the greatest thing," Paul writes in Chapter One, "we already knew that death-throes are stronger." As schoolboys, Paul and his friends believed that Kantorek was an enlightened man whose authority derived from his wisdom; as soldiers, they quickly learn to see through Kantorek's rhetoric and grow to despise him, especially after the death of Joseph Behm. That Kantorek is eventually drafted and makes a terrible soldier reflects the uselessness of the ideals that he touts. Corporal Himmelstoss

We learn how because of this reasons and after seeing so many people dying many soldiers started wishing for the war to finally end and some even decided to escape from the army when realizing that the fighting was not going to stop soon.

When reading, I felt as if I was watching it unveil before my eyes. For example, in daily routine, flags were to be raised at 8 in the morning. Because of the disaster happening, some men noticed one of the burning ship’s flag never was raised, so “together they hoisted the colors on the fantail” and a “big cheer went up” (158) as they swam back. The strong detail of the book can be good, but one can get lost in the reading quickly with new names and times. Paragraph to paragraph, each one talks of new people or skips to a different time period. It does not take long though to catch right back up. The evidence is clear and precise. It is known that Americans were in a need of help, but even in distress, they stood their position of “not giving up on this ship yet” (95). Between all the books involving Pearl Harbor, this one is specific in understanding the ideas in a second it happened.

The book, The Battle of New Orleans, was interesting, but not great entertainment. The book was contained a lot of dates, troop numbers and places. If you wanted to know about military history, and don’t mind a lot of statistical information, you should read it. Army leaders who want to enhance their leadership style by reading history should be able to gain some insights from this

Feeling Alienated From Your Family In “Soldier’s Home,” by Ernest Hemingway it shows how the main character Krebs feels alienated from his family and the local people in his hometown Oklahoma. In which, he spends most of his days aimlessly, sleeping late, reading, practicing the clarinet, and playing pool. During the climax of this story, Krebs and his mother are having a conversation commences to a discussion with her son about the war, which leads Harold to tell another white lie.

Is there a pattern for life? Maybe not, but in Ernest Hemingway’s short story “A Soldier’s Home”, the main character Harold Krebs finds that he needs to live his life through a series of patterns. In this story, the series of patterns associated to Krebs results in an explanation of his character’s desire for an uncomplicated life. The series of patterns can be found through Krebs’s involvement in college, the Marines, and even in his personal relationships.

Setting: Post World War I era, 1919. In Howard’s (Kreb’s) quaint home town in Oklahoma. All who have returned from the harsh war are welcomed; their stories as well. All except for Krebs.

Many books have been written about The day that will live in infamy better known as the attack on pearl harbor but few that I have read have been as interesting and historically accurate as A Boy at War by Harry Mazzer. Even though there are a few historically incorrect facts all the rest are real.

The story I found most interesting and decided to write about is Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home.” Hemingway writes a bizarre story depicting the cruel effects of war. War is the evilest event/element any human being can unfortunately be exposed to. The chaos and carnage which come as a result of these sometimes-senseless wars can cause traumatic and dark memories which can linger around in a person’s mind, altering their perspective for the rest of their lives. Hemingway certainly does a magnificent job in illuminating those exact effects throughout the story.

Pearl Harbor is just one event that has shaped American history. With this being a topic of interest to many, authors like to use it as a setting for a fictional story. As a reader, it is important to remember that when reading historical fiction, some elements of the story will be truth while others will be made up. In the book I survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor it would seem that the author Lauren Tarshis was more concerned about writing a story rather than accurately portraying history.

Throughout life, the people that you may encounter and form relationships with will be the ones that shape who you are and ultimately influence your decisions, actions and personality. In “The Battler” by Ernest Hemingway, Nick Adams, a young man of roughly twenty years of age encounters an older gentleman named Ad Francis, a once-famous boxer who claims to have gone “crazy” after his life as a fighter. Ad is accompanied by his best friend Bugs, a black man who accompanies him on his travels throughout the country and helps keep Ad in-check. At one point, Bugs offers Nick and Ad some ham and eggs that he had just cooked on the fire, and asks for nick to cut the bread with his knife. At the sight of the blade Ad demands that Nick hand over the knife. In order to keep Nick out of any danger that might arise from a conflict with Ad, Bugs whacks Ad in the back of the head with a frying pan, rendering him immobile and unconscious, keeping Nick out of harms way.

Soldier’s Home is a story about the experiences of a soldier returning from war. The narrative starts with a description of an image or photograph of Harold Krebs. Krebs is the main character of this story. He was a young man who was attending the Methodist College in Kansas before he had to enlist in the Marines to find in the war (Hemingway 111-116). The opening picture is an increasingly significant source of contrast between the young man who went to war and the one who comes back who has become silent and alienated after coming home. Krebs comes back in 1919 even though the war ended in 1918. His return is not marked by celebrations and parades that were often given to the young soldiers who had managed to come home early. Rather, Krebs finds out that the people are not overly excited about his news of the war unless he lies and exaggerates about his role during the war (Hemingway 111-116).