“Soldier’s Home” tells the story of Harold Krebs, a Marine who returns home from World War I. While Krebs does not struggle from physical damages, he does suffer mentally. Harold Krebs struggles with post traumatic stress disorder and trying to figure out what he wants in life. The characters and incidents in “A Soldier’s Home” are factual to Ernest Hemingway’s own experiences because like the main character, Harold Krebs, Ernest Hemingway also struggles after returning home from the war.
First and foremost, in “Soldier’s Home” Ernest Hemingway refers to Harold as Krebs instead, by doing this, Ernest Hemingway is creating distance and a disconnection between Krebs and everyone in his life. In the military, the soldiers go by their last name, …show more content…
Consequently, war tends to have a great impact on the soldiers. Before enlisting “in the Marines in 1917” (Hemingway 166) Krebs attends a “Methodist college in Kansas” (166). Clearly Krebs is a man of strong faith and religion. However, since returning home from the war Krebs end up losing all of his faith. Krebs's parents are pushing for Krebs to forget about the war and move on, however moving on is not that simple. Krebs and his mother are having a conversation about Krebs’s future plans. “ “God has some kind of work for everyone to do,” his mother said. “There can be no idle hands in His Kingdom.” I’m not in His Kingdom,” Krebs says” (Hemingway 169), which is the first sign of which Krebs is losing his faith. Krebs no longer believes in himself, his parents, his community, or his religion. The second sign of Krebs losing his faith is when his mother is wanting Krebs to pray with her, but he cannot. “ “Now you pray, Harold,” she said. “I can’t,” Krebs said. “Try, Harold.” “I can’t.” “Do you want me to pray for you?” “Yes.” “(Hemingway ). Krebs is no longer able to pray, so instead his mother prays for him. World War I leaves an immense negative impact on Krebs’s faith. Another reflection of Krebs in Ernest Hemingway is how the mother acts. “Like his creation and fellow Artisan, Krebs, Hemingway felt a bitter estrangement from his parents for they, as did Krebs's parents, acted to despoil …show more content…
Krebs feels disconnected with everyone around him. Krebs also loses his faith in everything and no longer is able to stay positive. Krebs’s mother’s behavior represents Ernest Hemingway’s mother and how she acts when Ernest Hemingway returns home from war. Both men are not the same once returning home from the
First and foremost, in “Soldier’s Home” Ernest Hemingway refers to Harold as Krebs instead, by doing this, Ernest Hemingway is creating distance and a disconnection between Krebs and everyone in his life. In the military, the soldiers go by their last name, …show more content…
Consequently, war tends to have a great impact on the soldiers. Before enlisting “in the Marines in 1917” (Hemingway 166) Krebs attends a “Methodist college in Kansas” (166). Clearly Krebs is a man of strong faith and religion. However, since returning home from the war Krebs end up losing all of his faith. Krebs's parents are pushing for Krebs to forget about the war and move on, however moving on is not that simple. Krebs and his mother are having a conversation about Krebs’s future plans. “ “God has some kind of work for everyone to do,” his mother said. “There can be no idle hands in His Kingdom.” I’m not in His Kingdom,” Krebs says” (Hemingway 169), which is the first sign of which Krebs is losing his faith. Krebs no longer believes in himself, his parents, his community, or his religion. The second sign of Krebs losing his faith is when his mother is wanting Krebs to pray with her, but he cannot. “ “Now you pray, Harold,” she said. “I can’t,” Krebs said. “Try, Harold.” “I can’t.” “Do you want me to pray for you?” “Yes.” “(Hemingway ). Krebs is no longer able to pray, so instead his mother prays for him. World War I leaves an immense negative impact on Krebs’s faith. Another reflection of Krebs in Ernest Hemingway is how the mother acts. “Like his creation and fellow Artisan, Krebs, Hemingway felt a bitter estrangement from his parents for they, as did Krebs's parents, acted to despoil …show more content…
Krebs feels disconnected with everyone around him. Krebs also loses his faith in everything and no longer is able to stay positive. Krebs’s mother’s behavior represents Ernest Hemingway’s mother and how she acts when Ernest Hemingway returns home from war. Both men are not the same once returning home from the