Discussion essay on the short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway: How does Krebs’s mother embody the community’s values and what does Krebs think of those values?

Seeing that i was embarrassed he seriously thought that he ought to be friendly to me, and, so to speak, cheer me up. Local people, already committed to support of the movement, had eagerly assumed the tasks of leadership.

Catti-brie was waiting for them at the junction of the final passage that led to the open air. She had donned a gaudy poncho. But she had not outlived the effects.