Social Context is instrumental in the way in which a writer writes. It characterizes the writer’s experiences and emotion creating a compelling and vivid story that grabs the reader’s attention. This is evident in “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway as the story of Krebs is a fictional representation of what Hemingway experienced in his life. The story reflected Hemingway’s view on society and how he sees his place in it. The events Krebs experienced during the war has affected his way of thinking and how he responds to courting women, his attitude towards his family and his beliefs in religion. He seemed like a broken down man, who just doesn’t know what to do with his life. The entire tone throughout the passage was depressing and this
