TSD stands for a post traumatic stress disorder that usually occurs after a shocking experience or a life changing event. Many people who come home after war experience signs of PTSD and do not want to talk about what they experienced while they were out at war. In both stories “Soldier’s Home” and “Home” the main characters suffered from PTSD with signs of anger, distress, and lack of motivation. Despite the similarities in the stories I would relate with “Soldier’s Home”, because if I were to come home after a traumatic experience my parents would have reacted like Krebs mother and sister in the story. In the first story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway, a man name Krebs came home after war to a life he could not even recognize anymore.…show more content… Lying is a sign of PTSD. Krebs lied throughout the story to anyone who he talked to because he felt as no one could handle the truth. Though lying is bad, I understand why Krebs lied because if he told the truth no one would actually fully understand since they were not there at war. Most people believe you can relate to someone who has been through the same situation as you, but I believe even if you went through the same experience you both experienced and remember it differently. Just like Krebs was different he could not relate to other soldiers about war since his experience was not frightening. Although Krebs going to war seemed like second nature, he came back from war someone his family did not recognize. Besides the lying he had no motivation towards anything not out looking for a job or would watch when girls walked past. With the presence of two major signs of PTSD with Krebs his mother still tried to bring him back to his “normal” life. For instance, before he went off to war he was not allowed to drive the family car but it states ‘ “I had a talk with your…show more content… Cohen argues that Krebs did not actually suffer from PTSD because his war experience was actually “positive”. Cohen tries to use Hemingway’s “Vagueness and Ambiguity” to peruse readers in believing Krebs does not suffer from PTSD. Even though Krebs was proud of how he went to war, I disagree with Cohen and believe Krebs suffered from PTSD. Krebs has the signs of the disorder; he would lash out on his family which showed he could not control his emotions. In “Soldier’s Home” his mom asked ‘ “Yes. Don’t you love your mother dear boy?” “No”, Krebs said” (5). This illustrates a picture for the reader to imagine a worried sick mom’s pain hearing her son say she does not love him. Regardless of the fact that he probably did not actually mean he does not love her it shows how the war taught him not to feel emotions, and how he is different after war. I believe Krebs is in denial about his PTSD and wants to ignore the signs. Cohen tries to argue he had such a positive experience and he even reads about war which most soldiers do not do. I argue back that Krebs is lost he does not know what is happening why everything is different, tries to read and understand why he is not the same. In comparison to “Soldier’s Home” the story “Home” by George Saunders the main character Mikey suffers severely from PTSD but in the end of the story realizes he needs help. Mikey has a
