A. Hook: The story "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway was first published in 1925, seven years after WWI.
             B. Topic : Story describes the homecoming of a young American soldier who fought for his country in WWI
             1. Enlisted in the marines in 1917
             2. Comes home 1920 after heroes were of war were celebrated
             C. Basic conflict: The dishonesty that is demanded in order to survive in the society.
             1. Krebs had changed and discovers that the town had not changed
             2. Krebs has to lie in order to be accepted by his "old" society
             D. Results: Krebs suffers the Post War syndrome, and this makes him incapable of creating social bonds with people.
             1. Krebs wants to live a life without complications that e.g. women cause.
             E. Thesis: Although Hemingwy uses a seemingly simple sentence structure and wonderfully picturesque style, he realistically depicts the damaging effects of World War I.
             A. Transitional Topic Sentence: "Ernest Hemingway's understated, detached style is suited to this story of soldier
             whose reaction to his environment is itself understatement and detachment. The narrative technique, sentence structure, dialogue, lack of symbolism and imagery – all these strategies create a marriage between form and content in "Soldier's Home" (Smelstor 2170)
             1. Simple phrases without subordinate clauses
             2. "Now he would have liked a girl if she had come to him and not wanted to talk. But here at home it was all too complicated." (p.148) > very easy to grasp the point because of the short and simply written sentences.
             1. This is the only correct strategy for this story since there is not a lot of imagery in war and all the things that have ...