Soldier's Home

An example of juxtaposition in "Soldier's Home" is the idea of Harold lying versus telling the truth. When he first returns home, Harold does not want to talk about the war at all. However, as time progresses, he finds that he does want to talk about it, but nobody wants to listen. In order to get people to listen, Harold feels that he needs to lie. However, after a short period of time, he begins to have "A distaste for the everything that had happened to him in the war" (69). This is important because it is not until he begins to lie about the war that he has a problem with it. It is therefore clear that the real thing that Harold has a problem with is lying.