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Traci Hoekema | 13 comments Before the war, Krebs was a frat boy who appears to of been a church goer. War can change a person. The things you witness, hear, or fifty-fifty are forced to do tin gave a cost on yous. I think by saying he wanted to live without consequences Krebs was desiring a care gratis life, much like the one he lived before the war. The matter is, after an experience similar that, there is no going back. Every bit a person he is changed. He appears to even be numb from the comment he made to his female parent about not loving anyone. Hemingway wrote this piece in a way to make the reader feel isolated. We were kept back from the characters much like Krebs felt withdrawn from the rest of society, watching from afar. Hemingway wrote this without emotion as if to give usa a hint of the numbness Krebs may have been feeling.

LUPITA RODRIGUEZ | 15 comments Before Krebs left to war, he was a frat boy. Attention higher, frat boys are usually loud, energetic, and cheerful. But when Krebs left for war and came back, he was a completely different person. As near of us know, war takes a toll on people in unlike ways. The things a person experiences while at state of war aren't so usual and tin modify a person. Unfortunately, this is what happened to Krebs. Before state of war he was a happy college frat male child but afterwards he became a quiet, serious, and angry boy. There were dissimilar parts of the story where ane can gain the thought that Krebs character had change from earlier and later the war only one scene in particular was when Krebs mom asked him if he loved her and he said no, then automatically after that started request the mom to forget about what he had said and for her to believe that he did dearest her. Emotionally distressed is what the war had made Krebs. Since he had already lived a complicated life by leaving to war, Krebs said he wanted "to live without consequences". What I believe Krebs meant when he said this was that he no longer wanted to live a life where the decisions he fabricated would accept bad consequences nigh like the life he had when he was a frat male child.

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Moy Vera | 15 comments Harold Krebs was a college frat boy before he entered the state of war in "Soldier's home" and I can imagine he was quite the rowdy individual. That'southward only a usual stereotype of being a higher child in a fraternity, y'all're quite the party animal and and then forth. With that being said, as most people tin agree on is that war is a very tearing social issue that human beings have endured for centuries, and the furnishings it can have on somebody. I would say the war made Krebs very cold emotionally, and whatever he saw and experienced overseas actually acquired some sort of mental instability. He basically shut downwardly in the sense of non wanting to worry about the disputes of what's considered to be the norm such every bit getting married, finding a job, etc. As Hemingway implied in the story, "He wanted his life to become smoothly" and he but didn't want nada really to do with people or anything for that matter. This also correlates with Hemingway's writing style in the sense he's a very straight, unembellished, and and then on. He has a very unique way of making the readers feel a certain style through his words if that makes any sense. What I mean past that is his writing may seem very direct, but it'south also very dynamic at the same time. In the end, I also felt Krebs had adult some sociopathic tendencies in the aspect of his disconnection with his loved ones and order in general.

Moy Vera | 15 comments Traci wrote: "Before the war, Krebs was a frat boy who appears to of been a church goer. State of war tin modify a person. The things you witness, hear, or even are forced to do can gave a toll on you. I think by proverb ..."

I hold with you, War definitely tin have a price on people, and tin have unfortunate effects on an individual's psychological land of mind. As I said myself on Hemingway's style he's very straight in his writing, simply somehow vigorous as well.


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Jesus | 15 comments In the story, "Soldier'due south Home", Krebs was a frat boy before he went to state of war and 1 may assume he was the usual higher kid going to parties and stuff. In one case Krebs goes to war and comes back, ane can tell that he has inverse drastically compared to before the war. The fashion in which Hemingway creates a tone of seriousness one time Krebs comes back from the state of war gives the reader that feeling or mentality that Krebs only wants to live his life with no worries. That's why in the story Krebs just stays abode all day and doesn't even look for a chore. It got to the point where Krebs fifty-fifty told his mother that he didn't honey her. This demonstrates how the style and tone Hemingway uses tin really characterize, in this example Krebs, as a cold hearted person due to the state of war and experiences he had during the war.

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Jose Vega (goodreadscomjose_vega) | 7 comments Harold Krebs, the main graphic symbol in the slice of literature "Soldier'southward Home" by  Hemingway, is a boy who believed in the systems of organized religion, tradition and 'family  values,' earlier existence deployed in WWI. After coming back from WWI where he was  "badly, sickeningly frightened all the time" and the irrevocable changes it caused him.  His hometown has not inverse for years. His male parent parks the aforementioned vehicle in the same  place he did earlier war "The motorcar ever stood outside the First National Bank building  where his father had an role on the second floor." The girls walking on the other side  of the street had simply grown up. Harold cannot "contribute to the community" as other  soldiers who had returned from war have,"The boys are all settling down; they're all determined to go somewhere... like Charley Simmons are on their way to being really a credit to the community." Instead he plays pool, reads, plays his clarinet,  goes to bed and repeats. everything has become a routine to him.   His wanting "to live without consequences" derives from the experiences he had in  Europe which caused irrevocable changes in his life, his goal is to live a simple life  "without consequences"  the horrors of state of war combined with the callousness he perceives  in his hometown causes Harold to lose hope in life creating a desire to alive a uncomplicated life,  simple love and not piece of work hard or spend a long time getting a girl.

Ivette Jimenez | 6 comments In the story "Soldier's Dwelling house", Krebs is described equally a person who was in a Methodist college and in a fraternity. From that description given you tin can see how Hemmingway portrays Krebs, every bit an average American who led a normal that came to a halt once he was faced with the life changing choice to enroll in the army to go fight for his land. The fashion Hemingway writes this story shows how much the life of a immature individual drastically inverse from being completely normal to feeling completely isolated. Krebs felt out of place in his hometown after suffering the backwash of the war. Since he came dorsum subsequently the rest of the soldiers, he was forced to repress the thoughts and feelings he was left with. "He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live forth without consequences," basically states that he did not want to form function of the society he was in. He came dorsum and everything was different from when he left, including himself, he grew into a cold distant person and just wanted to live without having to think almost anything. Hemingway'southward way of describing in detail the story, gives y'all a brilliant point of view that shows how the army scared a young man for life.

Ivette Jimenez | 6 comments Jose wrote: "Harold Krebs, the principal character in the piece of literature "Soldier's Home" past  Hemingway, is a boy who believed in the systems of religion, tradition and 'family unit  values,' before existence deployed i..."

I completely agree with your bespeak of view Jose, I believe Harold was exposed to horrific things during the way and he came backed a changed person. He does loose hope in life in his hometown because it is not the same as before.


Ivette Jimenez | 6 comments Jesus wrote: "In the story, "Soldier's Home", Krebs was a frat male child before he went to state of war and 1 may assume he was the usual college child going to parties and stuff. One time Krebs goes to war and comes back, ane can..."

I concur Jesus, I believe Krebs doesn't go out to look for a job so he tin can alive without whatever worries or stress. Whatever he lived during the state of war are things he wants to completely bury in his mind.


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Maya | 15 comments In Soldier'southward Domicile, Krebs was a frat boy before going to state of war. He well-nigh likely was a very social and youthful (in all aspects) individual. Upon returning from the state of war, he seems to need approval and to be esteemed by everyone at abode, even initially lying and over-exaggerating the time he served. Equally time goes on, he becomes a less receptive person to others; it is as if his social warmth is like the bacon fatty that hardens on his plate. His desire to "alive without consequences" can come from the fact that the tone of the story seems rather detached, simply like Krebs. Thus, Krebs wants his life to exist structured and the way he wants it to be, fifty-fifty if others around him lead different lives. He wants things only doesn't desire to have to work for them. He feels isolated and lost, and the tone of the story helps to create that feeling.

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Maya | 15 comments Jesus wrote: "In the story, "Soldier's Home", Krebs was a frat boy earlier he went to war and one may presume he was the usual college kid going to parties and stuff. Once Krebs goes to war and comes dorsum, 1 tin..."
I agree that the serious tone of the story characterizes how Krebs inverse afterward the state of war.

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Maya | 15 comments Moy wrote: "Harold Krebs was a higher frat boy earlier he entered the war in "Soldier'due south home" and I can imagine he was quite the rowdy private. That's only a usual stereotype of being a college kid in a fra..."
I concur with what you pointed out almost Hemingway's fashion--it is rather unembellished and straight to the point. It doesn't have a lot of extra emotion in it, but similar Krebs.

Esmeralda Cuellar | 11 comments I would think that Krebs was a regular person in society that had goals in life and wanted specific things just similar the average guy but later the war he changed in to a very simple person who just accepts what'southward going on in his life simply a simple life that has no consequences. What Krebs ways by this is that he doesn't wants nothing to change in his life. He wants just a elementary life where there is anything that affects Krebs. His persona is very at-home and he speaks from his mind. Krebs doesn't really care what other people feel and I think he doesn't like to depict attention to himself. Because in the story, he directly up tells his mother that he doesn't love her and then he lies and tells her that he does and so she can stop crying. Overall, Krebs is a very simplistic person who doesn't want anything to touch his life.

Andres Cantu | 8 comments In "soldiers home" by Hemingway they introduced the main graphic symbol Krebs. In the commencement Krebs was believed to be a young religious man that attended higher and liked to spend time with his friends. Then WW1 came along and Krebs joined the Marines where he saw and experienced things that fabricated him lose his fait in his god and fabricated him end loving the ones effectually him. The war changed him so much that it leads you to recall that he needed to attend therapy leading to him staying ii years backside earlier returning home. All this leads to him living his life without consequences because he has seen things that made him see the existent side of life and he thought that it's not worth trying.

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Julio Arambul | 5 comments In "Soldier's Dwelling" by Ernest Hemingway, we are introduced to the protagonist, Harold Krebs, who prior to enlisting himself into the Marines, was a proud member of a frat party at Methodist college in Kansas. The stereotypical definition for a frat is normally loud, full of life, and feeling like the king of the world. With Hemingway first introducing Krebs as a swain who enjoyed his life was chop-chop flipped when he entered the war walking out similar a new human, merely a new man that every soldier before him unfortunately turn into as well. What Hemingway does and so excellent in his manner of writing is that he puts the readers into the shoes of Krebs making the reader feel isolated. We never thoroughly go to acquire about the other characters since Hemingway's intention was to drag the feeling of Krebs' withdrawal from society, as well writing with an emotionless tone to understand griminess that Krebs is withstanding.

Jennifer Slavik | 8 comments In Hemingway's story, "Soldier's Home," the protagonist Krebs, has a dramatic transformation from frat boy to war veteran. The writer uses a dull and isolated attitude to testify Krebs' emotional land. What really defines Krebs and also justifies the author's use of a negative tone is the title of the story. Where really is the soldier's, Krebs, dwelling house? Before the state of war, his house, family, college friends, and society's fashion of life defined abode from him. However, when he returns, although everything physically is the same and he is literally home, the feeling of it isn't present. This is one of the main causes from Krebs' frustration, lying, and disconnection. Domicile is where the heart lies, it is an intimate symbol of being comfortable, and a universal concept all readers can chronicle to. The lack of home produces the dull, isolated tone the reader feels.

Krebs' internal transformation that causes this disconnection of home is from an emotional drainage resulted in the war. This likewise produces Krebs' desire to "alive without consequences." In other words, he can't handle anymore emotional consequences. Any little stress or emotional involvement scares him because he knows he can't deal with it. He is even resistant to return home considering of his lack of wanting to feel again, especially in rekindling old relationships. It is hard for him to re-honey his mom, dad and even God. The author subtly exposes the ignorance in the regime'south obligation of young boy's enlistment to state of war in that fourth dimension period. War is a forced transition from male child to man, and could of been the cause of Krebs' emotional exhaustion and drastic social disconnection.

The author's tone of disconnection is exposed through many details. Outset off, the narrator uses his last name "Krebs" rather than first name to show a lack of intimacy and emotional connection, parallel with the character, his relationships and his transformed point of view. Also there is short sentence structure to correlate with Krebs' thought processes. He doesn't spend much fourth dimension in each thought considering there is no emotional connexion. Although Krebs does repeatedly bring up the same topics, such as finding a girl for him, this is only a reflection of how order reminds him of what his priorities should exist, and it is some other comparison of how Krebs is isolated from everybody. He is all the same in the procedure of "figuring out" what is happening. Is he domicile? Does he want to mind to society? It is articulate towards the cease of the story that he finally finds out what is his nowadays. After a fight with his mom, he leaves abode and doesn't see himself coming back. He wants to escape a world of emotions, and exist his new self.


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Julia Barrientos | 15 comments Krebs before the war was a frat boy that attended Methodist college in Kansas. Equally we all know fraternity boys tend to be wild and adventurous while there in this fraternity houses. But after the war Kerbs was a totally dissimilar person which it can be understandable of how people from war experience tragedies and terrible things that they were forced to practise which basicly impact him. What i know about him to explain why he wants to alive without consequences is that when¨At outset Krebs, who had been at Belleau Wood, Soissons, the Champagne, St. Mihiel and in the Argonne did non want to talk about the war at all¨ Krebs didn't want to talk at all virtually what had happen at state of war to anyone including his ain family. Throughout the story we run across that information technology'south a narrative way in which the writer narrates the story to. For example Hemingway mentions ¨During this time, it was late summer, he was sleeping belatedly in bed, getting upward to walk downtown to the library to get a book, eating dejeuner at home, reading on the front porch until he became bored and then walking down through the town to spend the hottest hours of the day in the absurd dark of the pool room. He loved to play pool¨. As per the tone it is generally a pessimistic and depressing tone on how he is basically miserable , he doesn't have a social life because he justs wants to be kept away of the people and to give up on himself. In here his mother said ¨He thinks you lot have lost your ambition, that you haven't got a definite aim in life. Charley Simmons, who is just your age, has a expert chore and is going to be married. The boys are all settling down; they're all adamant to get somewhere; yous can see that boys like Charley Simmons are on their way to being actually a credit to the community." In other words, that his parents want him to become someone and that not to let himself down that even though he and others accept passed past terrible things in war Charley Simmons had become a good man and has his own business why can´t krebs practice the same or work with his father. The style and tone fits really well to the grapheme on how the narrator mentions him throughout the story.

Eliana Calderon | 15 comments In "Soldier'southward home"by Ernest Hemingway ". The story is written with a very special tone and fashion which gives the reader a greater connection and approach to the story.
Krebs before the state of war was a very social, approachable and happy person.He loved club and religion,and mostly his surround.
War came and transformed him into an apathetic individual,he was very distant and came back with a different perspective of life. He showed his emotional distress throughout the story ,for example during a conversation with his mother he told her he didn't live her.After he realized what he had just said and how much it affected his mother he apologized.In the story Krebs said that he wanted to alive without consequences.
What he really wanted was a peaceful life, carefree, and time to recover from the tragedies of the war.The memories and events that changed his life and affected his personality.
The story'due south way and tone are very important components of such. Both give the story and characters a more complex approach to the reader.Throughout the story the writer used way and tone to connect more than with the reader and at the aforementioned time emphasize the main characters dramatic changes.

Eliana Calderon | 15 comments Jesus wrote "The events of war made Krebs want a simple life,elementary honey and not having to work for it"
I agree with you , the war changed the protagonist completely and it is obvious he wants things to be simple and to have everything without working for it.Considering of such events he wabts a simole peaceful life without drama.

Eliana Calderon | 15 comments Andres wrote "Krebs experiences and things he saw during the war made him lose fait in his god and made him stop loving those around him"
I disagree with you in some way, sometimes bad experiences can make the states think nosotros should loose fait and non believe in smething that could gives us extra power or support such as religion or god.
But i don't think those experiences made Krebs stop loving those around him similar his family unit.I think the altitude and time made him miss those that were ever supporting him,and when the time came to be reunited with them it was difficult to go dorsum to the former life. The process of going dorsum to the aforementioned lifestyle when he was exposed to tremendous events made things harder for him to express only like his love for his family.

Alvaro (alvsaesthetic) | 14 comments Before going to the state of war, Krebs was a frat boy at a Methodist college in Kansas. Being in a fraternity might indicate something about Krebs'due south character before going to the way. Typically, a frat male child might be very outgoing and extroverted. However, when Krebs returns home from the war, a lot has changed. He doesn't seem especially motivated to practice anything. His female parent fifty-fifty tries to encourage him to go out more and hints at him to discover a girlfriend. Merely Krebs is disinterested and doesn't want to problem himself with talking to girls. He also wants the rest of "his life to become smoothly" and to go on "his life from being complicated". In my own opinion, I remember Krebs feels he has gotten his off-white share of life while serving in war. He doesn't seem equally outgoing like a boy in a fraternity normally might be. In the story, Hemingway includes paragraphs of Krebs likes and dislikes almost some of the girls. But the tone it is written in is very negative. Krebs, who was once in a fraternity, is now a war veteran with a character that is dissimilar than the one he previously had.

Alvaro (alvsaesthetic) | 14 comments Jennifer wrote: "In Hemingway's story, "Soldier's Home," the protagonist Krebs, has a dramatic transformation from frat boy to war veteran. The author uses a dull and isolated attitude to bear witness Krebs' emotional stat..."

Wow Jen! This is a very proficient commentary! I like the point y'all bring out about how the narrator in the story refers to Harold as Krebs. I am bold Krebs is his last name rather than a nickname. To me, it shows how serving in the war has affected him. Perhaps he was called by his terminal name instead of his first name while at war. It has left a lasting impression on him and the writer does a good job of showing that past simply calling him Krebs.


Alvaro (alvsaesthetic) | 14 comments Esmeralda wrote: "I would call back that Krebs was a regular person in society that had goals in life and wanted specific things just like the average guy but afterward the war he changed in to a very simple person who but..."

I agree with this too! He was likewise in a fraternity. Thinking stereotypically, a frat boy would be very approachable and friendly. In the story, nosotros're actually given more insight on Kreb'due south character afterwards the war. But changes are evident in the way he treats his mom and fifty-fifty his refusal to pray. I retrieve that's significant because prayer is usually a very intimate act, i that expresses deep feeling. Krebs is very disconnected after the war that he feels he tin't even pray or love his mom.


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Marco Zepeda | 7 comments Before going to war Krebs was a fratboy attending a Methodist church surrounded past his fraternity brothers. However, one time enlisted in the army and returning home, he felt distant throughout his society all-together. Throughout the story, we are given simple sentences that may be in relation to how the overall personality of Harold is. An exapmle of simple and direct sentences we are given would be, "He liked the design. It was heady" and, "That was a lie. It was a lie both ways." Here, Hemingway decides to utilise two sentences to pretty much say the same thing, allowing us to retrieve this is how the thought process is for Kreg. When Kreg is speaking to his sister, she is asking him quite a few questions, which Kreg responds with, "Sure" and, "Perhaps." I believe that the author uses elementary sentences to permit us to see how peradventure Kregs thought procedure would be.

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Marco Porras | 15 comments Before the war, Krebs was a frat boy. Frat boys at a university are usually loud, social, and full of energy. However, after the war the one time frat male child has changed dramatically. As we know now, war for some tin can have a negative price on their personality and character. Afterward the war Krebs seemed to be neutral and emotionless on how he was prior to the war. Subsequently the war Krebs mentality was "to live without consequences." War tin can have a huge impact on individuals. A soldier tin experience numerous situations in war, which volition influence on how they will react when being integrated back into club. During the story when Krebs is conversing with his mother, Krebs says "I don't love everyone" showing how dramatic his experience was while deployed. Hemingway used this sort of tone and mode to provide an insight to the reader of the numbness emotion Krebs felt later on coming back home from the war.

Isaalia Alonzo | 12 comments Andrew wrote: "Call back nearly the grapheme of Krebs in "Soldier'southward Habitation." What kind of person was he before the war? After? What do you lot know about him that can explain his wanting "to live without consequences"? Put..."

Harold krebs was described as a swain who attended college and was role of a fraternity. While Hemingway does not depict how he was before he went to war he drops some hints. Ane of those hints is that he attended an Methodist university and was in a fraternity which are known for having spirit or being loud and friendly and outgoing. After Krebs left to war, he changed because once yous go and come across what a soldier sees no one returns the same. It affects them in some level. After the war he is portrayed as someone who is morbid, sad and depressed. He uses manner and tone to make usa feel how he felt socially rejected and withdrew himself from it all. Hemingway wrote. "He wanted a girl but he did not desire to talk" he wanted to be someone who would become after the things he wanted in life. Nevertheless he does not take the motivation to practice so. I remember that after someone goes to state of war, kills other people for his land and received no thank yous for it he probably idea that is the highest purpose that my life can take and no ane was there to appreciate information technology, that makes someone want to live life without any consequences.


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Andres Ortega (andysbest10) | 15 comments In "Soldier'due south Abode" we are introduced to Krebs as a frat boy whom I would interpret as the kind of guy who would party and socialize enough, but that characterization given to Krebs didn't concluding long as he went through a drastic alter afterward on in the story. In addition, upon his return from state of war his personality changed very quickly from the frat boy he one time was to the more cold-hearted and crude character he later became and to make this story more than intense Hemmingway set up a tone of seriousness likewise as loneliness due to how Harold mentions how he loves no one to the signal in which he made his mother weep considering of this mindset he had created due to his experiences in war. Furthermore, Harold brings upwards the concept of how he wishes to "To live without consequences" and I would only interpret this quote as a way of him saying that he wishes to live life freely and without whatsoever conflicts which gives us the idea and explanation to his actions and decisions he makes as well as a sense of how he wishes to residual due to the many gruesome and uncomfortable experiences he was exposed to in was, simply more than cipher he just wishes to enjoy the rest of is life.

Andres Ortega (andysbest10) | 15 comments Eliana wrote: "In "Soldier's dwelling house"past Ernest Hemingway ". The story is written with a very special tone and style which gives the reader a greater connectedness and approach to the story.
Krebs before the war was a 5..."

I hold with you Eliana in how you lot were able to see how Harold merely wished to alive a "peaceful life" and the transformation he underwent afterwards the war


Andres Ortega (andysbest10) | 15 comments Emile wrote: "Before the state of war, I think that Krebs was a person who was very social and enjoyed talking to girls. After the state of war however, he became antisocial, lazy, and blah about life. He does not desire to ta..."

I agree with you lot Emile in how you were able to interpret him every bit a very social person at first and the fact that you were able to perceive how he wishes to alive his life "Smoothly" and avoid things such equally a job, wife and even heartbreaks which might be a reason to why he avoided talking and interacting with girls.


Miguel Ramirez | 5 comments Kreb's might have been a happy person before he left for war. He was a frat male child meaning he was having the fourth dimension of his life. Kreb was young and full of happiness in college. Going to war made his life change completely. In war you would feel decease in any way. The time 1 spends in war is not a happy in one case. Kreb might had gone through two tough years in state of war in order to have go an isolated person. Information technology is non dainty the things yous might encounter in state of war that is why a human changes once he comes dorsum to society. Club is view as a war equally well, since anybody is fighting to have a better life. Kreb isolated himself from a society that was troublesome for him. He simply wanted to spend a peaceful and alone life. Reality struck him once his mom face up him well-nigh his life. Hemmingway was giving us the point of view on how a person can change from being a happy person to an isolated one. He described that isolation brings only sadness which was felt by Krebs never wanting to do annihilation. No matter how a person might exist, everyone would wish to live freely, but nosotros have to confront reality.

Moy Vera | 15 comments Jennifer wrote: "In Hemingway's story, "Soldier's Home," the protagonist Krebs, has a dramatic transformation from frat male child to state of war veteran. The author uses a dull and isolated attitude to show Krebs' emotional stat..."

I agree with your statement on "home is where the middle lies" because existence doesn't necessarily take to mean a location or what have you. Habitation is where you experience comfortable or at peace, and I tin can definitely concur that Krebs didn't feel that at all when he returned.


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Perla M. | 14 comments Krebs is a character that can describe one of the ii unlike means of seen life after been in war. Earlier war, he was a higher educatee and a fraternity male child. This can create the thought that he used to political party and hang out with classmates easily. After war, he was more quiet and uncommunicative. He explains how uncomfortable is to talk about what happen to him. Also, he thinks that making efforts to get a daughter autumn in honey with him is not what he wants to do with his free time. In the finish, we can see how Krebs tries to await for a life more stable and that he does not want to make any important decision at the moment. He simply wants to be free.
I understand that Hemingway was in World War I and understood the feeling of being in war. I had read a function of the novel "For whom the bells tolls" in which he gives more focus on the courage of being a soldier and die with dignity. The story of "Soldier'southward Home" is some other perspective of a soldier'southward mind. Like I said before, there are two ways of seeing war and it was impressive for me to read how he was able to limited the feeling of being lost and try to find your place in society subsequently been abroad a long time. The tone and style I think are well represented of those feelings.

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Perla M. | 14 comments Andres wrote: "In "Soldier'southward Home" we are introduced to Krebs equally a frat male child whom I would interpret as the kind of guy who would party and socialize plenty, but that characterization given to Krebs didn't final lon..."

I hold with your indicate of view. I too think that "To live without consequences" is likewise a reference of the expectations of his father to become a banker or get married.


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Perla M. | 14 comments Esmeralda wrote: "I would think that Krebs was a regular person in lodge that had goals in life and wanted specific things just like the average guy but later on the war he changed in to a very simple person who just..."

I take to disagree with you. I call back Krebs is non a regular person. He had experiences during war that inverse his personality. I think that after seen dead in the battlefield he changed his perspective of life. After this he wanted to accept a simple life, but this will never be possible after his experience.


Li-Yuen Poy | 15 comments At the beginning of the story, the narrator describes Kreb as a frat male child coming out of a religious higher, merely like many of his fraternity friends. Kreb was a blazon of guy who probably wished for the employ of his family'south car and the celebrity of returning back dwelling from the war. Still, this idealistic view was shattered when the post traumatic stress of war altered Kreb. While, "zero [had] changed in the town," Kreb was transformed into a man who did not care for a girlfriend, or a task, or a family. The author purposely leaves out the details of what happened in the state of war in order to emphasize Kreb's solitude and uses unproblematic, straightforward sentences that convey Kreb's aloofness towards his trifling conversations with others. Kreb's feel in the army taught him that he could exist self-sufficient and that he could "live without consequences." In improver, considering no one could empathise him, he kept to himself and lived life at a distance. Because of this dramatic modify in personality, Kreb is a dynamic character with a stiff detachment from the remainder of order.

Li-Yuen Poy | 15 comments Esmeralda wrote: "I would recollect that Krebs was a regular person in society that had goals in life and wanted specific things just like the boilerplate guy but later on the state of war he changed in to a very uncomplicated person who just..."

I agree with you, I believe Krebs wanted to be left solitary and deal with his thoughts and problems on his own. I don't think this made him uncomplicated, just distressed from what he experienced when coming dorsum from war.


Li-Yuen Poy | 15 comments Moy wrote: "Harold Krebs was a college frat boy earlier he entered the war in "Soldier's habitation" and I can imagine he was quite the rowdy individual. That's just a usual stereotype of being a higher kid in a fra..."
I concord that the author's straight and simple sentences correlated with Krebs's disengagement from any social connection. And I do suppose that he may accept some qualities of a sociopath, only would for sure say he is experiencing PTSD.

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Juan A. | 3 comments Before the war Krebs to me seemed liked a normal kid. In the begging of the story information technology explain that Krebs was in a fraternity. Usually when your involved in that theirs a certain bond betwixt the grouping of kids that are in it. After the war Krebs seems that he doesn't really want to practice much. Krebs explains that he'due south tired and the story seems to hint that hes some what of a slob now. This style seems to fit when Krebs talks about that he would desire a daughter but that he wouldn't desire to talk to them. All of these things that Krebs feels and thinks can exist a effect of what happened during the war.

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Juan A. | 3 comments Marco wrote: "Before the state of war, Krebs was a frat boy. Frat boys at a university are usually loud, social, and total of free energy. However, after the war the once frat male child has changed dramatically. Equally we know now, war ..."
I Agree with y'all on how before, Krebs probably was this social person. Versus later on coming back his feelings seem to change.

Israel Garcia (israel117) | 3 comments In the story "Soldier's habitation" the principal character, Krebs, was a homo who needed more admiration, attending, and reasons to go on. This can exist concluded by the fact that in the story, Krebs points out how the people didn't admit him too much when he returned from war, even though he came belatedly to the celebrations of the soldiers. Krebs wanted to exist admit past everyone, simply no i actually saw the demand also. Before the war, Krebs was a human dedicated to his customs and his family like his little sister. After the state of war, he began to have thoughts of separation of society. An example tin exist on how he didn't talk to girls to get a girlfriend. Too, he didn't have motivation to get a chore for himself that his mother insisted to. By not trying to accomplish a task and getting girlfriends, he thought he was going to live without consequences.

Meranda Varela | 3 comments Before the state of war as mentioned in the story Krebs was a frat boy. With that information its safe to say he wasn't shy and he enjoyed interacting with people. All the same that isn't the case after the war.
Krebs much rather read from his porch or be in his room than socialize.
In the story it mentions how his war stories grew ho-hum on people, perchance he kept repeating the stories or bringing it up because he was looking for a sympathetic ear.
Still he rather watch people from a distance than put himself out there. The state of war could have a lot to do with that. He's seen the amount of damage people can bring to themselves and others, so in his point of view why be involved in those consequences?

Meranda Varela | 3 comments Juan wrote: "Earlier the war Krebs to me seemed liked a normal child. In the begging of the story it explain that Krebs was in a fraternity. Unremarkably when your involved in that theirs a certain bond betwixt the gro..."

I agree with you he does seem slob-ish. As well as with the girls. He does mention that he likes them and that he would like to accept ane yet he doesn't attempt. He was probably exposed to more than he could or would take wanted to handle at the war.


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Juan A. | 3 comments Meranda wrote: "Before the war equally mentioned in the story Krebs was a frat boy. With that information its prophylactic to say he wasn't shy and he enjoyed interacting with people. Nonetheless that isn't the case after the war...."
I concord with yous on how Krebs wants his own space. When before he would probably very sociable. Could be a effect from what he experienced in the state of war.

Meranda Varela | 3 comments LUPITA wrote: "Before Krebs left to state of war, he was a frat male child. Attending college, frat boys are usually loud, energetic, and cheerful. But when Krebs left for state of war and came back, he was a completely unlike person...."

I agree. When it mentions that he was a frat boy a certain image comes to mind. Its unusual to come across a antisocial frat boy. Withal Krebs is antisocial, then one tin can just call up that the war is to blame.


Roland Sanchez | 9 comments In "Soldier's Habitation" past Ernest Hemingway,Before the state of war Krebs is a cheerful frat boy at Methodist college in Kansas taking a group photo with his fraternity brothers. Later the war Krebs changed he wasn't very social and outgoing. Krebs sympathy for other was gone, for example when the mother asked if he loved her, and he replied "No" to her. Which he regretted of saying and apologized to his mother,and asked her to believe him that he did lover her. Krebs wanting " to live without consequences" ways he wanted to live carefree and with no responsibilities in his life. The tone and style of the story fit the graphic symbol. The story gives a tone and style of emotional distance and isolation, which the character Krebs in his life plays throughout the story.

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Ruby Garza | 5 comments In "Soldier's Habitation" , a short story by Hemingway, Harold Krebs, the protagonist , has transformed from a once outgoing frat boy to a stilled excluded person who wishes to remain distant from all others except his sis. Before the war he had unlike goals and hopes , for example, "drive the family unit motor motorcar" and later "He wanted to live along without consequences."
Although we can feel the empathy of state of war veterans , more specifically Harold Krebs, it is no excuse for having close his family unit out after he has arrived from his journey in the war. Krebs states ,"to live without consequences." , through this we can perceive that he has not had the greatest experience at war and that he may suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) he has realized that at that place is nothing worse to be expected. The style and tone, Hemingway's tone in the story was cold and stern , this can exist understood when Krebs states "The car always stood outside the First National Depository financial institution edifice where his father had an role on the second floor. Now, after the war, it was still the same car." , every bit for the way it is expressed as "tough".

JC Garza | 3 comments In the story of "Soldier's Home" information technology is very descriptive about how Kreb's character has been altered. Hemingway gives good clues to translate that Krebs was indeed a very social and active person before entering the war. In the story it says that he was in action for the ending of earth state of war i and that the state of war was just life altering. Hemingway created a real life relatable situation about the realities with war. And the emotional and psychological side effects of it. After the state of war Krebs comes dorsum with a different mentality. One that does non crave socializing with others and ane that makes an "easier life". In the state of war Krebs was told that the only affair he had to worry almost was himself and his division. He comes out of the war with the same mentality to keep an like shooting fish in a barrel and not complicated life. Of course his female parent and male parent desire to become him back to his sometime cocky and permit him get out and about. This is nevertheless another disharmonize portrayed by Hemingway. So the graphic symbol of Krebs has a lot to do with the tone of the story and the setting. The tone of seriousness and being mentally isolated developes Krebs's character after the war. The setting of the time and war enables Hemingway to depict the types of conflicts Krebs would be experiencing. Information technology is self conflicts, conflicts with people and family unit, and cocky doubting. And so the tone and setting used helped adult Krebs'due south grapheme and portray his conflicts and emotions.

JC Garza | 3 comments I agree with Maya completely in that the sense of Krebs's character was astoundingly contradistinct after the war. The type of social skills and persona have really been affected. It's as if he lost all desires to want to socialize with any human beingness other than those he has too which is his family.

JC Garza | 3 comments I too agree with Li- Yuen that Krebs is a special, unique, and dynamic character. With the development of self conflicts and conflicts with socializing it helps show all the emotional changes that the character of Krebs undergoes as being part of a state of war. It helps chronicle a existent life every day person to every twenty-four hours people who tin can chronicle to this type of situation. It sounds piece of cake to solve, just in Krebs's mindset it is and so difficult to get out and become back to existence the style he was before which was a relaxed "frat boy" outgoing character.

Itzayana Escobar | 5 comments Think about the graphic symbol of Krebs in "Soldier'southward Dwelling house." What kind of person was he before the state of war? After? What do you know about him that can explain his wanting "to alive without consequences"? Put what you know about him together with the characteristics you tin can place in Hemingway's style, and write a paragraph that shows how style and tone fit the character.

The graphic symbol in "Soldiers Home" Harold, which is called krebs through out the whole story seems to accept come back from the war a piddling depressed and tired, non wanting to socialize in whatsoever fashion nor get involved with love or women. He came back from the war ii years after the rest of the heroes had already returned to domicile, when krebs returned as "The perfect soldier" meaning cold hearted with no empathy whatever he hurts some of his loved one time past the responses he gives. For instance, when his mother asks him "Don't you love your mother, beloved male child?" he responds with a simple answer "no" making his mother weep. His mother was awfully hurt, puzzled and amazed by what she had just heard from her son Krebs which can be provided equally prove to evidence that Krebs was not the person he had go after coming dorsum from the war. Krebs also doesn't want whatsoever consequences or anything that has to do with hard piece of work to get what he desired, " Nil was changed in the town except that the immature girls had grown upwards. But lived in such a complicated globe of already defined alliances and shifting feuds that Krebs did not feel the free energy or the courage to break into information technology". Krebs thought did non want a girl or demand a girl because "The army had taught him that" He thought trying to get to a girl or get her attention was besides much piece of work and did not want whatsoever consequences or issues that love brought forth, he wanted something easy, something he didn't take go work for.


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