It is almost like his body came back, but his brain and heart did not. This shows he misses the war and feels hollow at his actual home or “world”. Krebs is very distant from his family, “he sat there on the porch reading a book on the war.” He reads of his home, or what he thinks is still his home. Sitting on the porch conveys that he does not go out much, but that he still wants to be outside, in the heat that he knew when he was at war. A Soldier’s Home setting relates to Krebs through sort of hidden words that the author has hidden throughout the story. Setting is something you have to look for and really read something to understand it. Setting in Soldier’s Home emits Krebs character of being back from the war and shows the atmosphere within the
It is almost like his body came back, but his brain and heart did not. This shows he misses the war and feels hollow at his actual home or “world”. Krebs is very distant from his family, “he sat there on the porch reading a book on the war.” He reads of his home, or what he thinks is still his home. Sitting on the porch conveys that he does not go out much, but that he still wants to be outside, in the heat that he knew when he was at war. A Soldier’s Home setting relates to Krebs through sort of hidden words that the author has hidden throughout the story. Setting is something you have to look for and really read something to understand it. Setting in Soldier’s Home emits Krebs character of being back from the war and shows the atmosphere within the