Eunsoo Kwon
Dr. Tomko
WRT-201-019
Sept. 22, 2015
Outsider from Overseas “Conflicts” among characters in Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” helps the reader to understand the main character’s feelings and physical conditions - depression. The story starts with two different pictures showing Krebs before and after joining the army. The author stages the story from Krebs’s inner conflict to the relationship with his family. Indeed, the author leaves a lot of doubts that make the reader believe Krebs had pain of heart broken while at war. The author does not directly describe the cruelty of war that Krebs experienced; however, through the conflicts in the story, readers can assume how the post young soldiers had suffered at war and understand their trauma by the aftermath. There are two different pictures in the story. The first one shows Krebs in neatly attired uniform is joined his fraternity brothers at college, and the second picture shows him and …show more content…
The repetitive statements, “He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live along without consequences” (135) imply unhappiness of relationship end while at the war. The author ends the story by that Krebs would leave his hometown and get a job. He would not try on making any honest and serious relationship in his life because he wanted to live along without any consequences such as seperation or death - loss of his loved ones. In "Soldier's Home" through the background of World War I, the historical setting, Hemingway describes Harold Krebs having trouble adjusting to socity, lying to himself, and observing no longer interacts with people even family; however, Krebs must lie to stay in the town and to survive from between reality and truth. As a result, he has to choose how to re-adapt himself not to fall behind the line of
Dr. Tomko
WRT-201-019
Sept. 22, 2015
Outsider from Overseas “Conflicts” among characters in Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” helps the reader to understand the main character’s feelings and physical conditions - depression. The story starts with two different pictures showing Krebs before and after joining the army. The author stages the story from Krebs’s inner conflict to the relationship with his family. Indeed, the author leaves a lot of doubts that make the reader believe Krebs had pain of heart broken while at war. The author does not directly describe the cruelty of war that Krebs experienced; however, through the conflicts in the story, readers can assume how the post young soldiers had suffered at war and understand their trauma by the aftermath. There are two different pictures in the story. The first one shows Krebs in neatly attired uniform is joined his fraternity brothers at college, and the second picture shows him and …show more content…
The repetitive statements, “He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live along without consequences” (135) imply unhappiness of relationship end while at the war. The author ends the story by that Krebs would leave his hometown and get a job. He would not try on making any honest and serious relationship in his life because he wanted to live along without any consequences such as seperation or death - loss of his loved ones. In "Soldier's Home" through the background of World War I, the historical setting, Hemingway describes Harold Krebs having trouble adjusting to socity, lying to himself, and observing no longer interacts with people even family; however, Krebs must lie to stay in the town and to survive from between reality and truth. As a result, he has to choose how to re-adapt himself not to fall behind the line of