Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" is about a man in conflict with the past and present events in his life. A young man, known as Harold Krebs, struggles to find a balance in the beliefs of his past and present. The images of war shattered many of his past beliefs, so he struggles to find his current beliefs. Krebs's parents, like most parents, raised their son with beliefs very close to their own. "Krebs went to the war from a Methodist college in Kansas" (152) and was previously taught not to cheat, lie, steal, or kill, and was also taught the "Power" of prayer. Krebs was a Marine and was sent over to fight in the First World War. During the war, Krebs put aside most of his beliefs and did as he pleased. Due to the nature of war, he was forced to kill the enemy troops or be killed himself. 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 relations

In Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story," love is extracted from a gruesome surrounding. As O'Brien shares his war experience, he finds way to create love and magic from the scenes. War has such a violent effect on one's sanity that O'Brien creates lies to be able to bear the pain of war. In his story, many things about the war that one would not normally see as beautiful, but O'Brien perceives himself into believing the opposite. When Curt died, anyone visually experiencing this situation

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Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" was a story shares of a war experience based in Vietnam. It is about a letter written from Rat to Curt Lemon's sister. It was a love letter written from his heart, describing Curt to his sister as an amazing man. Curt was killed when he stepped on a booby trap in Nam. Curt's sister never wrote Rat back. It killed Rat and he called her a dumb cooze. Rat then killed a baby water buffalo in rebellion to Curt's death. Throughout the story, different characters portray different aspects of Nam, and some stories are true and some are false.

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