Soldiers Home Research Paper

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Literature Research Paper Ernest Hemingway's short story “Soldier's Home” introduces a soldier named Krebs who is returning from war. As Kreb returns from the war, he is noticeably different. Because of his late arrival back in town, he feels invisible and unnoticed by everyone. Krebs starts lying about his war experiences just to make people care about what he has to say. This is when the psychological change starts to be seen as his family calls him his childhood name, Harold, but he refuses to be called anything, but Krebs. This Krebs personality change brings many differences such as his religious views shifting and the way he talks to his family, especially his mother. This causes Krebs to be a tornado of emotions that is not quite meeting …show more content…

Shirly compares the war-shock state of mind “Soldiers Home” to the common theme around the time, as the short story “The Big Two-Hearted River” was published soon after and shared the same theme. The study of the story fits into the physiological viewpoint of others. Especially how war changes someone such as Krebs into someone whom nobody can recognize, such as his family. Kreb exaggerates his war experiences to his family, and the people of the town because he feels outshined by other soldiers who have great stories to tell. Krebs faces the pressure to be a hero and stand out. This introduces a conflict when Krebs returns late from the war and society is already over the war. This creates Krebs to feel appreciated by the town and family. Kobler explains in his study of “Soldiers home”called “Soldier’s Home’ Revisited: A Hemingway Mea Culpa” that Krebs never brought up any war experiences and exaggerated his service in the military as a marine. “This connects to shame being a psychological burden. Krebs could have felt that if he hadn't done anything crazy during the war, he wouldn't have been

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