Hemingway did the same thing after the war. He proceeded to keep everyone at a distance except for a close friend who had helped him to get a job and helped him get his life
Conflict and war was an experience he never encountered or embraced before. The realization of war was becoming a reality. When Harold Krebs returned home, victory celebrations had already occurred and the community was trying to return to the normalcy of life. “People seemed to think it was rather ridiculous for Krebs to be getting back so late, years after the war was over...At first Krebs, who had been at Belleau Wood, Soissons, the Champagne, St. Mihiel…. did not want to talk about the war at all.”(Hemingway 187).
Is this the wise shepherd, protector of the people?”(I ii 35-36) They obviously thought he was not up to par in his duties as a king. It is surprising that with a person as dictating and forceful as Gilgamesh, he still longs for and needs human companionship. We see he will have a companion that will not forsake him when Gilgamesh’s dream is interpreted by his mom. (I iv 166-179) Even though we know this toward the beginning, the importance of his companionship is not apparent until Enkidu is dying and Gilgamesh says, “Must I now sit outside the door of the house of the dead? While Enkidu sits in the house of the dead among the shadow companions?” (VII ii 21-24) The sudden death of Enkidu causes Gilgamesh to ponder something he hasn’t been forced to think about before: His vulnerability to death.
Coco Woods Kaplan University CM 206 According to the video, no it does not seem like Alan is listening. I say this because when Gretchen was telling him that she could spit stuff out fast but it wouldn’t be quality and when the other employee was trying to explain to him about his son, he didn’t want to hear it. He could have given them some type of response to their questions and still kept handling the situation at hand and not have had to deal with their personal issues. Even though being an employer you have to listen to your employers so that you can understand them because at the end of the day, they do have a life outside of work. It seems to me that Alan does not like this part of his job very much and that the employees
ENC 1102.039 01/19/2010 Krebs and Bartleby The setting in Hemingways’ “Soldier’s Home” has to do with him coming back from war and no one actually receiving him as they should. He feels no need to talk about his experience at first, but eventually unfortunately he feels the desire to share his extraordinary experience from the battlefield but there is no one who would like to listen. All the people from his town have heard enough from the war; this causes Krebs to feel unwelcome to his own town. Throughout the story Krebs struggles from social dilemma with the community, to personal feelings toward his significant other. In Germany, the army men frequently pretended that girls are not significant to them; of course this is something that the Army would teach them.
As a result of his experience, he did not put the same pressures on his daughter. Bruce Bechdel was from a small town called Beech Creek. Bruce enlisted in the army but always knew that he would return home one day to run his family funeral home business when his father passed away. While Bruce was in the army he knew that would be one of his only opportunities to explore with the same sex. In that time period homosexuality was not accepted, especially in the small town where he lived.
To have a true sense of belonging you have to be adaptable and willing to move on with any changes. This is represented through Skrzynecki’s story as he was constantly on the move never really settling down in one place for a lengthy period of time. But through all this, even if deep inside he felt that he did not truly belong, there is always something or someone to which you are attatched. As seen in Skrzynecki’s poem ‘Feliks’ Skrzynecki although his father in many ways feels a sense of detachment and not belonging to the society in which he lived, his garden was a thing which he felt and knew he belonged to. Relating to my thesis this shows that his father did know enough of himself that he could find a real sense of belonging with his garden and in many ways this expresses the type of person he
Although Hemingway does not describe much about what Krebs experienced during the war, it is obvious that this man went through a transformation, and returned with what an outsider looking in would call extreme apathy. Harold Krebs, along with millions of other men and women, experienced war, an undertaking many can and will never know. Because of his service, he will never be able to truly return home, return to fulfilling society’s wants, return to the old Harold Krebs. Those who have never experienced what Krebs has, such as his own mother, will never understand what it was like, and will continue to force him to satisfy their standards of what is normal. Krebs’ sense of compassion and emotion was scarred in the war.
However, I feel that Chris took his “getting away” out of control. Of course, every kid would like to get away from their parents for a while. I feel that because of Chris’s problems at home weren’t so drastic, the need for him to be gone for so long, without having contact with his parents, was a bit ridiculous. On the other hand, I do not have the same mind set as Chris, and I did not live his exact
Several concerns must be addressed before his discharge from the hospital, especially since he wishes to return to his apartment. Mr. Trosak is going to have limited mobility related to his recent hip surgery, and he is going to be at risk for falls. Contributing to that increased risk is the fact that he lives in a second-story apartment without elevator access. His apartment is small and crowded, with many scatter rugs, which will make it difficult for his to maneuver his walker there. Everyday tasks such as taking out the trash and getting groceries will require someone to navigate the stairs, and Mr. Trosak has limited contact with his family because they are so busy.