... read the poem without knowledge of the author's story, the reader would not be able to make sense of it. The poem opens with a line about a late night radio host without an audience. She goes on to say she offers her recipes to that audience. This is perhaps the only verse that makes sense. It has a clear order, and one can understand ... the logic behind it. As one continues, the story becomes unclear. There is no definitive or discernible pattern that follows. After reading the poem the first time, one ... World War II, Hitler forced German poets and artists to live in exile in their...

• Word Count: 522
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... is about a man named Krebs, the protagonist, who returns home from battle in Germany. But his return was not greeted; he came home much too late. Hemingway sets the tone of the story by suggesting that the town thought, it was rather ridiculous for Krebs to be getting back so ... late, years after the war was over. Here Hemingway starts to develop the overall tone of the story; desolation, driven by the traumas of war. ... he did not really need a girl. After experiencing the consequences of war, Krebs needs simple and comfortable situations to rest his mind, not complications. Hemingw...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School