In regards to the hidden story in a "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemmingway we visualize the protagonist Harold Krebs as a hero nevertheless emotionally troubled because of the event of the World War. After the war Harold Krebs sleeps late, reads, eats, and sits on his front porch watching the girls walk by. Before going away to the war, Krebs was a loving son and brother. Being that Krebs was bought up in a Christian home he was sheltered from much of societies ills upon him entering into the armed forces he witnessed things that were foreign such as young women being bound to field weapons and forced to fight as soldiers.
             We visualize the mother of Harold Krebs as the average loving mother who cares about her son's well being. Krebs' parents, like most parents, raised their son with beliefs very close to their own. Therefore, Krebs was raised in a strict Methodist home in a small mid-western town. He was taught not to cheat, lie, steal, or kill, and was also taught the "power" of prayer. During the war Krebs put aside most of his beliefs and did as he pleased. Due to the nature of the war, he was forced to kill the enemy troops or be killed himself. Krebs has dealt with life and death situations his parents could not possible understand. He watched most of his fellow servicemen die on the battlefield.
             After the war, Krebs tried to bury the emotional pain he felt through his relationship with various women. All attempts of this failed. According to Hemingway Krebs was the last one to return from the war. Certainly, Krebs did not want to return to the same life because he is no longer accustomed to living with his parents. But it's until Krebs mother confronts him over breakfast about his future that he realizes that he cannot continue to avoid what he is doing, of course, is killing time. Before Krebs mother begins her lecture him, she takes of her glasses; this gesture seems to imply that she either cannot or does...