Soldier’s Home
by Ernest Hemingway

Soldier’s Home: Dialect 1 key example

Dialect
Explanation and Analysis:

When characters talk to each other in "Soldier's Home," they speak with a subtle yet distinct southern or Midwestern U.S. dialect. The dialect in "Soldier's Home" is one typical of both the time period, 1919, as well as the setting of a small town in Oklahoma.