Kreb's Struggles To Deal With Ptsd

In the story “Redeployment by Phil Klay, the narrator was deployed in Iraq for a period of 7 months, during the deployment, he sees many dark stuffs and done many. As result of these events, the narrator is impacted in many ways. The experience of war transforms his views on a normal social life in america, therefore makes his readaptation to society challenging.

n the novel Until Tuesday by Luis Montalvan, the author faces numerous struggles during the times he was fighting and the times he was facing PTSD. Throughout the hardships of dealing with PTSD, Luis felt betrayed in many different aspects through his experiences. Luis feels betrayed due to the fact that the media was portraying false ideas and didn 't let Luis take action, the unfair treatment he dealt with in his own country and that his parents did not help nor accept him back even though he needed help. Luis throughout the novel wrote about the difficulties of coping with PTSD and the responses he got after coming back from Iraq was something he knew he did not deserve. People ranging from everyday citizens to his parents, all treated him in a tough manner and had no understanding of what he is dealing with.

Numerous people all over the states join a military branch. Some are forced with war and others are not. Soldiers that have war experience might experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) when returning home. In the story of “Soldier Home”, Harold Krebs seems to have quite a few symptoms of this disorder. Prior to his war services, Krebs experiences conformity, connections, and his faith; however, after the war he has a difficult time adjusting back to civilian life.

Traumatic experiences can change a persons perspective on life in a dramatic and drastic way. The story “Redeployment” by Phil Klay follows a young man recalling the final days of his tour in Iraq and his return home and day and weeks after. When the author describes how the protagonist's life after his return was so different even though everything around him was the same, it reminded me of the days and weeks after my return to normal life after being hospitalized for diabetes. All my friends were laughing, all the traffic was still there, yet life was so different for me that it seemed like a new world. My perspective had changed from just three short days.

This paper explores post-traumatic stress and how it is seen as a disorder. Post-traumatic stress can manifest into post-traumatic stress disorder. The evaluation and review books and articles seem to reveal a relation to these symptoms and military member, either active or non-active veterans. These symptoms do not manifest strictly into the full-extent of the disorder in all cases of military, however, things such as depression and other physical symptoms are discussed through the readings. The end result is that we discovered that through the readings PTSD will in fact lead to suicide if left untreated.

Krebs soon comes to isolate himself and oppose discussing his war experience and the influence it had on him. For Krebs, living in a town that has moved past the war, was his reason to reminisce on his war experiences and the women who would walk the streets in Germany and France. After spending two years in World War I, adapting to the real world was asking Krebs to let go of everything that has shaped him since he has been gone. “He sat there on the porch reading a book on the war. It was a history and he was reading about all the engagements he had been in. It was the most interesting reading he had ever done.” Even after arriving home, attempting to adapt to the fact that the war was over, he studied war events he was part of; routes and war sites he had taken and fought at.

As a young man coming back from the war, Krebs expected things to be the same when he got home and they were, except one. Sure the town looked older and all the girls had matured into beautiful women, Krebs had never expected that he would be the one to change. The horrific experiences of the first World War had alienated and removed those he had cared about, including his family, who stood naïve to the realities and consequences only those who live it first hand would comprehend.

social connections or relationships, and he even states he does not want the trouble of having a girlfriend (Hemingway 2). Krebs is in a kind of lifeless state in the town, where it seems that he merely wanders around like a ghost, without much affect on, or interest in, the things happening around him. He is essentially dead on a social level, due to his ability to function as the other people around him and relate to their different set of concerns. The most effective way of demonstrating this change within Krebs is by the contrast he forms to the other characters in the story. His changes are contrasted with the town, where the people and placed have not changed.

War can be seen from different perspectives but can also be defined as a battle against an opponent. War impacts people differently based on the events taking place. Traumas from being a victim or perpetuator can affect those individuals’ emotionally, mentally and physically. Hence, the conflicts can alter life drastically; when we look at the battle, we tend to disregard the effect of the perpetrator also known as the soldier who fought in the war and the victims who experienced the tragedy as bystanders, instead the focus is more on the mass destruction of bombings in communities. In the book “Maus” by Art Speigelman and film “The Best Years of Our Life”, the narrator takes us into a world of war where the behavioral changes in the victims is brought up as a result of the war that takes place. The novel and film help display another view and allow us as viewers to see the true experience that humans go through instead of just the attacks during war.

The front porch of the house where he grew up now became his solitude. Krebs withdrew into his own world, always reading or reminiscing about the enactments’ he was involved with in Germany. Krebs world revolved around his memories, “he had been a good soldier” (187). He struggled mentally to overcome his past life in the military and the haunting of society not welcoming him back, or so he thought. Krebs fought in his own mind the releasing of his enlistment world and that of the present world. The internal fight becomes the foil in this story: two worlds fighting each other in his

Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Soldier’s Home” reveals the tragedy of soldiers with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) within our military. As wars prolong in time, it leads soldiers through a wild journey that may alter them forever. Some soldiers come back from war with different outlooks on the world, appreciating the finer things in life. Other soldiers come back a changed man in the sense of maturity, while some soldiers may come back mentally broken whether it’s from a traumatic experience, or just from being away from reality too long. “Soldier’s Home”, teaches the reader the dangers of soldiers coming home with PTSD, and how their reactions to war hinders their ability to be of normalcy. With the use of diction, irony, and tone, Ernest Hemingway reveals the damaging nature of PTSD within our Homefront.

His presence is only revealed through the messages in the conversations between Kreb and his mother. While speaking with each other, his mother mentions how his father would like to speak to him at the office. Kreb neglects and disregards his father’s request and instead plans to go to Kansas City. The disregarding of his father’s request proves how submissive his presence and figure is. The lack of presence suggests that his father withdraws himself from any dispute or problem that may arise at home. Likewise, Kreb follows suit escaping anything complex and leaves for Kansas in hopes of the simple, non complex life. Since Kreb’s mother seems to be the one running the marriage, Hemingway incorporates similar aspects from his real relationship with his parents through the parents of

“The mortar fire blasts loudly, and I awaken with a start and reach for my weapon. Then I realize it is only the crack and rumble of a Minnesota thunderstorm. I lie back down in bed, bring the blankets back over me, and fight with the movie in my head to be still and quiet…. I feel a profound sadness that will not let me close my eyes (p. 287-288, Forever Changed). Jennifer is a female veteran who developed Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during her deployment in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF).

Krebs and his mother were having a talk, his mother asked if he loved her and his response was “No” and he proceeded to say “I don’t love anybody” and after he realized that he hurt his mother, so he assured her that he didn’t mean it. What in war made Krebs act this way towards his own family? He gave his own mother the cold shoulder. Did his family have problems before the war? After all, his mother and father were pressuring him to be successful, since all the other’s his age were working and starting families. That’s all that Krebs mother and father wanted for him but they don’t realize what is going on in his head. His mom shows concern and says “I’ve worried about you so much, Harold”, his mother went on. “I know the temptations you must have been exposed to. I know how weak men are. I know what your own dear grandfather, my own father, told us about the Civil war and I have prayed for you all day long, Harold.” She continues to say “your father is worried too,…he thinks you have lost your ambition, that you haven’t got a definite aim in life… (Hemingway 169-170)”. His mother addresses it but she does not ask if anything is on his mind and Krebs doesn’t ask for help, he avoids everything. Nothing here gets solved and he stays the same throughout the whole

The climax of the story occurs when Krebs talks to his mother, and he definitely do not want this conversation, mostly about a job and religion. He feels uncomfortable and embarrassed. Mrs. Krebs expects her son to go to work, get married and settle down, repre-senting the typical Midwestern mentality. She mostly wants her son to fit in society and treats him as though nothing has happened; she seems to be unable to understand her son's post-war trauma and depression. The whole situation pushes Krebs to tell another lies. He was asked if he loved his mother, and the honest response was “I don't love anybody” (Hemingway 1993: 145). His mother blackmails her son. It is clear that Krebs, again, expe-riences the feeling of nausea, believing that a comforting lie is the only way to make his mother stop crying. Forced to kneel down and pray, he is unable to do it but he