Krebss world has been shaken on its foundations. He had joined the army to serve his country in World War I, but unlike most of the other soldiers from his town, he did not return from Europe right away. In fact, he returned two years later, and by that time, the fanfare and glorious returns were over, and it was just another day in his small hometown. He wanted to be like a hero, but all the stories of war had been told. He lied at times, but even then people still really did not want to hear. This alienation between him and the town in which he grew up created the self-inflicted isolation in which he put himself. He was no longer a part of the town. The town ignored him upon his return rather than giving him a heros return. To them he
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For him, the life of isolation was finally giving him the necessary time he needed to re-evaluate his life and find what was missing or what needed to be done to make him comfortable again. The fact that he does not want to associate or care for people is shown in his view of girls, but again when he tells his mother I dont love anybody (Hemingway 92). At this juncture in his life, he does not love anyone and he is not ready to care (McKenna et al). Hemingway uses this symbolic theme of avoidance and the elimination of caring for other humans to accentuate the alienation that Krebss feels in relation to his return home from Europe. People he cared about were killed and the memory of death creates another reason to isolate and protect him from the …show more content…
There is no real need to go hunting in the ice and snow. Hemingway tells the reader that it was difficult to stand or walk on the glassy surface and yet he was out hunting. This use of the hunting scene would seem to say that the father was isolating himself from the fear as well. He did not want to have to worry and fear for his child so he left to take his mind off of reality (Beegel). Hemingway also allows the cold and winter setting to show a coldness that is part of the isolation of men. However, when he returns to the house, the warms reminds the reader that isolation is not required, because the young boy realizes that a loving family is more
For him, the life of isolation was finally giving him the necessary time he needed to re-evaluate his life and find what was missing or what needed to be done to make him comfortable again. The fact that he does not want to associate or care for people is shown in his view of girls, but again when he tells his mother I dont love anybody (Hemingway 92). At this juncture in his life, he does not love anyone and he is not ready to care (McKenna et al). Hemingway uses this symbolic theme of avoidance and the elimination of caring for other humans to accentuate the alienation that Krebss feels in relation to his return home from Europe. People he cared about were killed and the memory of death creates another reason to isolate and protect him from the …show more content…
There is no real need to go hunting in the ice and snow. Hemingway tells the reader that it was difficult to stand or walk on the glassy surface and yet he was out hunting. This use of the hunting scene would seem to say that the father was isolating himself from the fear as well. He did not want to have to worry and fear for his child so he left to take his mind off of reality (Beegel). Hemingway also allows the cold and winter setting to show a coldness that is part of the isolation of men. However, when he returns to the house, the warms reminds the reader that isolation is not required, because the young boy realizes that a loving family is more