Soldier’s Home
by Ernest Hemingway

Soldier’s Home: Situational Irony 1 key example

Situational Irony
Explanation and Analysis—History Book and Maps:

Krebs passes time sitting on his porch and reading about the war, describing both the book and his time as a soldier in a positive, though ultimately ironic, manner:

He sat there on the porch reading a book on the war. It was a history and he was reading about all the engagements he had been in. It was the most interesting reading he had ever done. He wished there were more maps.... Now he was really learning about the war. He had been a good soldier. That made a difference.