Short Stories

Shawn Hoffman

Similarities of Life

The two short stories that I read called, “Soldier’s Home” and “The Eighty-Yard Run” were good stories. The main character of “Soldier’s Home”, who’s name was Harold Krebs, was similar to the main character of the story “The Eighty-Yard Run”, who’s name was Christian Darling. The two main characters came from totally different backgrounds; however they had similar personality traits.
Darling and Krebs have a lot of similar traits. They both attended college, however it did not impact there life because Krebs was in military and Darling was sports figure. They also lived during same time era slightly after the World War I era. They also both have a hard time finding there purpose in life. They do not know what to do and they both regret it.
Krebs and D...