A Soldier's Home

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A Soldier’s Home By Ernest Hemingway Literature Book pp. 650-659 READ page 650 about the author Ernest Hemingway. 1. Hemingway’s fiction presents a strict code of heroism. __________________________________________________________________ 2. His vision centers on disillusionment_________________________ with the conventions of an _optimistic_____________________, patriotic_________________________ society and a belief that the essence of life is _violence from which there’s no refuge.____________________________. 3. Hemingway launched a new style of writing so forceful in it’s simplicity that it became a measure excellence around the world. ____________________________________________________________________. 4.

He was born in the _Chicago suburb of Oak Park on July 21, 1899___________________________________________________.

5. Hemingway _boxed__________________ and played _basketball_________________ devotedly. 6. What year did he graduate high school? __1917___________ 7. Why was he rejected from the army? Because of a boxing injury to his eye. _________________________________________ 8. He landed a job as a _reporter__________________ for the Kansas City Star_____________________________. 9. Who became the model for the heroine of his novel A Farewell to Arms? The nurse that he fell in love with. __________________________________________________________________ 10. In 1926, he published The Sun also Rises____________________________________, a novel based on his life in Paris but transplanted Pamplona ________________________________________________. 11. Many readers of Hemingway’s age embraced the book as a portrait of their shattered lives. ___________________________________________. 11th

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12. Which two books revealed his fascination with bullfighting and big-game hunting? a. Death in the Afternoon_______________________________________ b. Green Hills of Africa_______________________________________ 13. Which novel won him the Pulitzer Prize? The Old Man __________________________________ 14. On the morning of ___________________________, he rose early and with two charges of a __________________________________________, he killed himself.

Define the following VOCABULARY WORDS from the story. 15. Elaborately- with great care. ________________________________________________________ 16. Hysteria – uncontrolled excitement. __________________________________________________________ 17. Atrocity- horrible or brutal. ___________________________________________________________ 18. Apocryphal – questionable authority. ________________________________________________________ 19. Exaggeration- overstatement. ______________________________________________________ 20. Alliances- close associations for common objectives. __________________________________________________________ 21. Intrigue- scheming. ___________________________________________________________ 22. Consequences- results of an action. ______________________________________________________ 23. Engagements- battles. _______________________________________________________ 24. Nauseated- feeling sickness. _________________________________________________________

READ pp. 634-639. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. RESTATE the question.

You will NOT receive credit for phrase answers. EACH OF THE 6 QUESTIONS BELOW COUNT 8 POINTS EACH. 11th

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25. What is the significance of Kreb’s father still having the same car? (p. 654) right column, 2nd paragraph It shows that even after the war, nothing in that town changed a besides the girls getting older. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __ 26. What is an internal conflict that Krebs seems to be struggling with in this passage? (p. 655) right column The internal conflict he is dealing with was not being able to go back to Germany and see the girls over there. __________________________________________________________________ 27. Based on the conversation on page 655, right column, why do you think this sister is Kreb’s favorite? That sister is his favorite because he could have fun with her. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __

28. On page 655, right column, what does Mrs. Kreb’s statement suggest about Harold’s relationship with his father? It suggests that Harold doesn’t love his dad. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __ IRONY means to say one thing but mean another. 29. What is ironic about the concern Mrs. Krebs expresses for her son? (p. 657) That she is telling him that it is time to move on and go get another job. __________________________________________________________________ 30. Why does Krebs say that he does not love anybody? (p. 658) right column he said that because the father didn’t care what he did. _________________________________________________________________ _

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