Soldier's Home

Harold spends much of his time looking at girls but doesn’t speak to them. Why does he avoid talking to them, and what does this say about his state of mind?

Throughout “Soldier’s Home,” Hemingway references religion and in particular the Methodist faith of Harold’s mother. What is the importance of religion in the story, and how does it relate to the Lost Generation?

Harold likes to read history books on the porch and wishes they had more maps in them. What do the history books and the maps symbolize?