Intro to Modernism, Ernest Hemingway

Read the introduction to Modernism on pp. 636-43. Add the Elements of Modernism to your notes (on p. 639). Use the information from the introduction to answer these questions:

1. What is the American Dream?
2. What happened to the American dream in the early twentieth century?
3. In what ways did Modernism challenge tradition--especially in what people valued in art and literature?

Ernest Hemingway, "Soldier's Home" (685-691 or at this link)

Ernest Hemingway

• As you read the story, try to piece together a character profile of the returned soldier Harold Krebs. Take notes on Krebs's feelings, attitudes, and views on the war, his return home, his family, other people, his hometown, and his future.
• Read the story.
• Write a character profile on Krebs using the information noted as you read the story.
• How does this story display Elements of Modernism described in the introduction?