This book or stories was really confusing. The stories I believe were based on the theme of masculinity. All the same chapters as well as the stories had something to do with something manly like going to war, bullfighting, or going fishing. Even when there was a scene in the beginning of the novel of a women giving birth, it was more about the men than anything. Hemingway is a genius. He connected all the stories and chapters to mean something about the war or about masculinity. For example when Nick comes back home from the war, he sees a town different than what was before the war he lived in. The war affected him and Hemingway showed this using simple and descriptive language without evoking emotions. Also Hemingway by generalizing names and places with pronouns says that the thing that affected that one "he" or "she" could have affected and probably did affect a lot more people in the real life. He also demonstrated the struggle the returning soldiers felt when they came home. America was different, it was a world power and times were changing. This depiction of the solider returing home such as Krebs is a metaphor for all the soliders. Overall the book was a 3 out 5.