![]() ![]() His time in Europe causes him to forget the way he is “supposed” to behave around whites at home. The violence and war that exist at a distance from Krebs occur at home for Roy. Unfortunately, Roy does not have this opportunity. Violence and war, though, do cause Krebs to flee the past that he knew, and he ultimately decides to leave his hometown for Kansas City, hopefully to start a new life. Returning to the idea of violence and war mentioned earlier, Krebs does not come into contact with either violence or war at home they remain at arms length. Krebs’s alienation comes from the affects of war, and Roy’s rise from recognition of the color of his skin: “For the first time in half a dozen year felt his color. ![]() Observing this, and Roy’s comment that he has returned home to see his mother, another “white loafer” tells him, “I hope she’s gladden to see yuh than we are” (36). Some call him “n uppity nigger,” and when he sees Charlie Mumford, a white playmate from childhood, Roy offers his hand, forgetting he has returned to America and the South (36). Unlike Krebs, Roy returns to leers and racism from the moment he disembarks the train. Telling the lies, and even thinking about the war, causes Krebs to be depressed, not wanting to do anything with anyone in the town. Even though he returned “much too late,” Krebs makes up stories to tell the people in town. They want to know about what he, and other soldiers, saw and did during the war. Upon arriving home, townsfolk greet Krebs with respect and honor. This, though, causes him forget his “home” when he returns to Missouri. Roy does not experience racism in Europe he encounters humanity and openness. I never saw people as hungry as this, not even Negroes a home” (34). Roy, on the other hand, comes into contact with a European society struggling to bounce back after the war: “Folks catch hell in Europe. The violence that Krebs experiences does not occur at home instead, the memories of the atrocities and gruesomeness he encountered manifest themselves in his memories as he tries to relate to the “unchanged” town that he left. For these authors, “iolence and warfare were themes that African American writers knew something about,” and this link can be seen in texts that litter the interwar period (Holcomb and Scruggs 10). Specifically, Holcomb and Scruggs argue that these authors looked to Hemingway for his focus on the prevalence of violence in the modern world and notably in America. International first class shipping includes a handling charge to cover insurance.ĭomestic orders over $250 include a handling charge to cover signature confirmation.According to Gary Holcomb and Charles Scruggs in their introduction to Hemingway and the Black Renaissance (2012), Hughes, and other African American authors of the Harlem Renaissance looked to Hemingway for stylistic and thematic inspiration.
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