Soldier's Home
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"Soldier's Home" is a short story
by Ernest Hemingway
, first collected in In Our Time
(1925).
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
, first collected in In Our Time
In Our Time (book)
In Our Time is the first collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway published by Boni & Liveright in New York in 1925, after a smaller edition of the book, titled in our time, had been published in Paris in 1924...
(1925).
Characters
- Harold Krebs, a young man who is tormented from his experiences in the war. He eventually comes to the realization that he doesn't belong in his childhood home anymore and decides to leave.
- Harold's mother, a very religious woman. She tries to get her son out of his post-war trauma.
- Helen Krebs, Harold's younger sister. She plays indoor baseball and looks up to her brother.
- Harold's father, who is absent most of the time. He never makes a direct appearance in the story.