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    short story “Soldiers home”, written in 1965, the main character Harold Krebs, returns from war and it’s nothing like he sought it to be. Hemingway tells this story in third person point of view, as if he was telling it as he watches Krebs, giving his readers a chance to visualize the characters perspective. The setting takes place in a small town in Oklahoma, where Krebs does not feel welcomed, he does not want to be there. Going forward, war took its toll on Krebs and when he returned home, there was

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    Soldier’s Home: Character Analysis The theme of Ernest Hemingway's “A Soldier’s Home” is one that is all too familiar. The ironic title suggests to the reader of a young Marine who returns home after the war where his existence is unnoticed and the true meaning of “home” is now lost. The short story is of Harold Krebs, a young Kansas City Methodist college student who returned to his home state of Oklahoma two years after the beginning of World War I. The internal struggle of adjusting post-war

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    Signs of the PTSR in the “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway 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

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    “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway. Since the beginning of civilizations, war conflicts have been present in the development of nations. Although sad, but urgent cases, wars have defined essential aspects of the life of the human beings. From demographics, personal element, and regional geography, the different battles have shaped modern civilization. The World War One was the third most bloody war conflict in recent history. Multiple stories state acts perpetrated by thousands of soldiers of the

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    In the story, “Soldier’s Home” Krebs home is in a small town in Oklahoma. He goes through a process of choice. The draft for WWI included Krebs who was attending Methodist college in Kansas than. Krebs had spent two years in warfare in Germany. His experiences in the war have changed Krebs in different ways. Krebs comes home from the war and finds himself alienated from his friends and family. This transition for Krebs endures is a tough process and feels disconnected from his family and friends

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    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

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    Ernest Hemingway’s short story, Soldier’s Home, tells the story of Harold Krebs, a U.S. Marine who fought in World War 1. Hemingway gives suggestion that Krebs was too cowardice to have actually participated in the war. The short story focuses on his return to his hometown in Oklahoma, and how nothing changed while he was away. Hemingway concentrates on Krebs feelings and emotions towards being home after experiencing such horrids, how he connects with people, old friends and family. Since the war

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    In, both of the stories “Soldier’s Home” and “Good People” the parents in both stories try to welcome their son home, but get the opposite of what they expected. When, their soldier returned home they thought they’d be happy to see them and welcome them with wide arms, but this did not happen. In, both of these stories the parents need to back off and give the soldier their space. Both of the soldiers were deployed for coupled of years, being away from the people you loved for years can often change

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    detrimental effects on the soldiers and people involved. This is true with any war, the stories “Game,” “Soldiers’ Home,” and “Speaking of Courage” show some of these effects. These stories can be described by theme, conflict, and tone. The theme of “Game” is that when people are in close contact with less people than usual they start to lose their mental stability. Which would make it harder to reintegrate into the civilian lifestyle. Likewise the theme in “Soldiers’ Home,” is that the people who

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    1914 to 1918. Some of the people who suffered the most on WW1 were the soldiers and people who lived in the Home Front. Soldiers didn’t live a normal life, they lived in horrible conditions. It was dirty, that’s why there were many animals like rats, frogs, insects etc., that eat the soldier’s food and contaminated it, by eating contaminated food soldiers got sick that’s was one of the main reasons why soldiers died. Soldiers live a life where they are constantly seeing people and friends dying

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