happened to Harold Krebs are all plain facts that do not have to be created or supported by fancy symbols or images.
2. This "journalistic style of a third-person narrator, the story appears to be simple, objective, disinterested report of Harold Krebs' return from the war" (Peden 103)> inappropriate complexity would ruin the mood of the story. Style derives from Hemingways experiences as a war journalist.
3." Regarding words, sentences, and images in "Soldier's Home," less is definetly more (Smelstor 2172).
D. Even though the story does not contain a lot of symbolism and is easily written it is still very complex.
1. Dialogue between Krebs and his mother:
" "Don't you love your mother, dear boy?"
His mother looked at him across the table. Her eyes were shiny. She started crying.
"I don't love anybody," Krebs said" (p. 152)> This shows how Hemingway uses very easy words and an easy structure but still lets this scene be very powerful and complex.
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