Term of Award
Spring 2018
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Literature and Philosophy
Committee Chair
Olivia Carr Edenfield
Committee Member 1
Brad Edwards
Committee Member 2
Steven Florczyk
Abstract
In his 1929 A Farewell to Arms, American Author Ernest Hemingway provides the thesis for all of American Modernism when he writes, “the world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places” (216). If the world breaks everyone Hemingway’s focus becomes not in the breaking but in the solutions for becoming strong at the broken places. Throughout his canon Hemingway presents the healing rituals and therapeutic patterns that govern sports and game as a solution to becoming strong at the broken places. While critics have closely analyzed and scrutinized some of his most recognized short-stories, stories such as “Cross-Country Snow” or “Big Two-Hearted River,” many scholars have neglected to focus on the equally significant game of pool in “Soldier’s Home.” “Soldier’s Home,” appearing in his 1925 short-story cycle In Our Time, depicts WWI veteran Harold Krebs as he returns home from the war traumatized and broken. In turning to the rituals, routines, patterns, and motions of the game of pool Krebs is made strong at the broken places.
Recommended Citation
Donehoo, Molly J., "The Significance of the Game of Pool in Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home”" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1773.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1773
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