“Complications” An analysis of “Soldier’s Home” In Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “Soldier’s Home”, we are presented with the story of a young man returning from war. As the protagonist of Hemingway’s short story, Krebs returns from WW I to the town and house in which he was raised as a boy. Though we are not given any narration of Krebs’ experiences before or during the war, Hemingway leaves us symbols of …showed first 75 words of 1287 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1287 total…the expense of his own tortured conscience, in the non committal affirmation of love with his sister Helen who offered no serious complications or consequences, and even in the way --Hemingway repeatedly points out-- Krebs likes to watch the girls about town. Hemingway asserts thorough his plot that Krebs indeed has his own set of values, but rather than standards wrapped in erroneous presuppositions, Krebs finds his values solidly rooted in simplicity and objective honesty.