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Harold's mother, the grandmother, and Bartleby are selfish
In Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home," Harold's mother
shows selfishness in that she refuses to understand his
changing behavior. Her son, Harold Krebs, is a young man who
is returning home from his tour of duty in France. ....
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.... in the outbreak of war. Harold
cannot explain to his mother how the war affected him. He
betrays symptoms of his discontent with his behavior
hoping that she will make some kind of logical relation.
This drastic change in his behavior does not spark a
question of doubt in his mother's mind. The connection
between his recent return home and his changing behavior is
not made. Harold isolates himself from his family and his
community. He does not "want any consequences." The
psyc ....
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