Edmund Wilson, in an internet article, "Ernest Hemingway: Bourdon Gauge of Morale," suggests that A Farewell to Arms is a tragedy of love and war . ... Hemingway wrote this book "...long enough after the events for them to present themselves..." ... A Farewell to Arms is a Romeo and Juliet. ... Wilson points out that Hemingway did not show any solid sense of character during the book. I learned that Hemingway makes it so that Catherine and Henry want to be with eachother forever, but its ironic when the child dies along with Catherine because a cesarian was supposed to be the safest and e...

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In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway depicts war as a senseless day to day tragedy. ... However, through Catherine's untimely death, Hemingway additionally shows that although love during war can be powerful and passionate, it is only temporary. ... I had made a separate peace" (Hemingway 260). ... He repeatedly tells God to not let Catherine die that he already took the baby, but to not take Catherine away (Hemingway 330). ... Through the novel, A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway is able to write a tragic love story. ...

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Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms portrays a tragic romance between Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley. ... Hemingway animates love as a replacement for Catherine's and Frederic's scars during the war and further emphasizes from his nihilistic view on life- that no matter what people do or where they go,love itself can provide them a private place, where they could go to separate and evade the horrible realities of society occurring in and around them. ...

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For instance, in A Farewell to Arms is a title that makes the reader think what the book is actually based on and almost lures the reader in to find out. ... This is why Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms was written so well. ... He is saying farewell to something that that had a great impact on his life. ... At this point he learns to say farewell to the war because he finds something greater, his love for Catherine. ... He finally gives up all his hope and sits there with her until the final farewell of Catherine, his love, dies. ...

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