Harold Krebs In Soldier's Home
Soldier’s home
In the short story called Soldier’s home, by the Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemmingway, the main character Krebs has just returned from a war. A war can changes a human completely, which also is in common for Harold Krebs. All the values he has constructed in his life are now collapsed and suddenly he has to relate his life to the new values. It could be difficult to return to their home, because in their families’ opinion the soldier’s are the exact same person who left years ago.
In the interpretation I will make a characterization of the protagonist and focus on the author’s literary style and choice of theme.
Harold Krebs is an emotional soldier of the World War I.
Krebs is a boy in his early twenties. Krebs went to the World War I from a Methodist College in Kansas in 1917 and returns from it a year after the ending. After Krebs has returned, he needs to talk about his experiences to come to terms with them, but nobody want to listen to him, so he starts lying. He produces himself higher than he was in the war, because he really wants to be heard and seen as a brave soldier. But his lies get him to look at the war in a different way. …show more content…
Whenever life appears to get too close to him, he runs away and watch it pass him. He enjoys the show of the world, but no longer feels he belongs in it.
Krebs engagement with his family and society can be characterized as non-existent. He don’t want to talk about the future, women and whatever else is included in adult life. He wants to be alone and not think about the problems that lie ahead. He has lost faith in love and does not really feels that he belongs at home. He has lost so much of his personality because of the war, that he does not love his mother
In the short story called Soldier’s home, by the Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemmingway, the main character Krebs has just returned from a war. A war can changes a human completely, which also is in common for Harold Krebs. All the values he has constructed in his life are now collapsed and suddenly he has to relate his life to the new values. It could be difficult to return to their home, because in their families’ opinion the soldier’s are the exact same person who left years ago.
In the interpretation I will make a characterization of the protagonist and focus on the author’s literary style and choice of theme.
Harold Krebs is an emotional soldier of the World War I.
Krebs is a boy in his early twenties. Krebs went to the World War I from a Methodist College in Kansas in 1917 and returns from it a year after the ending. After Krebs has returned, he needs to talk about his experiences to come to terms with them, but nobody want to listen to him, so he starts lying. He produces himself higher than he was in the war, because he really wants to be heard and seen as a brave soldier. But his lies get him to look at the war in a different way. …show more content…
Whenever life appears to get too close to him, he runs away and watch it pass him. He enjoys the show of the world, but no longer feels he belongs in it.
Krebs engagement with his family and society can be characterized as non-existent. He don’t want to talk about the future, women and whatever else is included in adult life. He wants to be alone and not think about the problems that lie ahead. He has lost faith in love and does not really feels that he belongs at home. He has lost so much of his personality because of the war, that he does not love his mother