Love and War in A Farewell to Arms War is a terrible event that can have a drastic effect on the soldiers who participate. ... In his novel, A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway exhibits this destruction with the theme of love as a response to the horrors of war and the world. ... "A Farewell to Arms was dominated by an atmosphere of Gothic ruin, boredom, sterility, and decay" (Aldridge 231). ... The theme of Ernest Hemingway's novel is love as a response to the horrors of war and the world. ... Hemingway purposely makes the final word of A Farewell to Arms "rain", a reminder of th...

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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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Story Elements in A Farewell to Arms The book A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic novel about the love story of a nurse and a war-ridden soldier. ... In A Farewell to Arms, various story elements are developed: the conflicts that occur internally and externally within Frederic's life, the characterization of Frederic Henry, the use of symbolism, and the dominating theme of love during a widespread war. ... The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is very much apparent. ... In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway uses rain in a non-traditional way. ... In A Farewell to...

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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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The exposition in the story "A Farewell to Arms," begins with the setting which describes a nasty war that is occurring. ... Hemingway's use of words during the exposition describe how the soldiers are strapped down with guns and ammo and how they look like they are six months pregnant. There are good visual images brought to life by Hemingway's unique choice of words. ... Hemingway moved through the plot elements of this story using different themes that blended the story well suggesting that war, love and loss is only temporary. ...

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The historical novel, "A Farewell to Arms," by Ernest Hemingway in 1929, uses a minor character as a foil to show the strengths and weaknesses of the main character. ... Hemingway uses the literary device of foil characters to show how opposites attract. ... Hemingway uses Henry and Catherine as foils to show that through the tough times of war, love will prevail. ...

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is about an American Ambulance Driver, Frederic Henry, based in Italy during the First World War and how he falls in love with an English Nurse Catherine Barkley near the front between Italy and Austria-Hungary. ... (Hemingway, Ernest; 31) Social forms and conventions become extremely important as Henry and Catherine's sexual affair begins. ... Propriety and social convention influence Hemingway's presentation of the love affair as much as they affect the actions of the lovers in the novel. ...

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