Soldier's Home

Series: American Short Story Series

Duration: 41

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Learning In Focus

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Adapts the short story of the same title by Ernest Hemingway about the return of Harold Krebbs to his home town at the end of World War I, after the fanfare and greeting of heroes is over. Observes his attempt to return to civilian life in his own way and in his own time. Depicts the pressures from his family, especially his mother, to rejoin the community in which he feels alien., Returning home after World War I to a community in which he feels alien, a soldier struggles to make sense of the past and face the uncertainty ahead. Adaptation of the story by Ernest Hemingway.

Complete Record: Adapts the short story of the same title by Ernest Hemingway about the return of Harold Krebbs to his home town at the end of World War I, after the fanfare and greeting of heroes is over. Observes his attempt to return to civilian life in his own way and in his own time. Depicts the pressures from his family, especially his mother, to rejoin the community in which he feels alien., Ernest Hemingway's short story of a soldier's return home after World War I and his struggles with his sense of alienation from his town, neighbors, and family., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.