Soldier s Home
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In regards to the story a "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemmingway we visualize the protagonist Harold Krebs as a hero nevertheless emotionally troubled because of the events of the World War. Harold Krebs is a young veteran portrayed as dealing with the inability to readjust to society - Krebs suffer from returning to the family, social, and religious "home" that he left. The story is written about a young man returning home after the war, but, moreover, the story is also about a conflicted mother-son relationship.
Krebs is a young man in conflict with the past and present events in his life. He struggles to find a balance in the beliefs of his upbringing. The images of war shattered many of his past beliefs, so he has to struggle to find his own beliefs. All the other young men his age have settled back into small-town life and found a niche for themselves as contributing members of the community. But Krebs, for some reason, cannot do this; instead, he plays pool, "practices on his clarinet, strolls down town, reads, and goes to bed." Krebs experiences in Europe have changed him forever. People want Harold to justify his existence by talking about the glories of the war, but the experience wasn't glorious for him; he is extremely aware that he was "badly, sickeningly frightened all the time...