Soldier's Home

One juxtaposition in Soldier's Home is wanting a girl versus not wanting to work for a girl. Harold reveals that he likes the French and German girls. However, he struggles with the fact that he may have to work in order to get a girl. Harold even supplies a list of things he does not want to do which include not wanting "to spend a long time getting her. He did not want to get into the intrigue and the politics. He did not want to have to do any courting"(71). I think this juxtaposition is important because this theme also reflects in the story The End of Something. Nick decides he no longer wants to be with Marjorie anymore so he slowly pushes her away by not caring, almost like he just doesn't want to put in the work, similar to Harold not wanting to work for a girl.