This is how the plot behind A Farewell to Arms came to be. When the young Frederic Henry entered into the war as a volunteer ambulance driver he had no idea how it would changed his whole world and his whole life. ... Set in Italy in the middle of World War 1 the story writes itself. ... War is a time when love stories become true and when people have to understand who they are and what they are doing. ... It tells the story of life, and how everything that a person does or sees in their lifetime is with them until the end. ...

• Word Count: 876
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book was written in order to show how people truly are, by using a post-war setting. ... In this book, most of the characters deal with the lack of true happiness. ... Brett is into sex and socializing and because of the war, Jake is impotent. ... And towards the end of their trip to Spain, they get so fed up with him that they bluntly tell him to go away. ... How do you think it makes me feel?" ...

• Word Count: 532
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Set in Paris and the Spanish city of Pamplona, this novel is a story of a World War I veteran and writer, Jake Barnes, and his group of expatriates as they try to find meaning to their lives in the 1920's. ... Jake was left physically disabled because of an injury he suffered during the war. ... Brett has lost her real true love, also her first true love, which, in my opinion, is one factor that prevents her from commitment. ... Jake comforts Brett as she tells him she has let Pedro Romero go and has decided to go back to Mike Campbell, the man to whom she was engaged. ... It is pretty a...

• Word Count: 1202
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Because of this diversion, Henry tells Catherine "I do love you" because even though he really doesn't at that moment, he feels it's the only way to forget about the war (Hemingway 31). ... This statement is made about how Henry doesn't realize how much in love he is with Catherine yet and he won't until it is too late. ... This makes us uneasy because it so often comes true. ... Henry's understanding of how meaningful his love for Catherine is outweighs any consideration for the emptiness of abstract ideals such as honor, enabling him to flee the war and seek her o...

• Word Count: 1161
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The American wants Jig to have an abortion but tells her she does not have to go through with it if she doesn't want to, though believes it would be for the best. ... She feels that regardless of the choice she makes, there will be corresponding consequences, and the long-term relationship she and The American could share will fail in the end, crushing her hopes of finding true love and happiness. ... As time progresses throughout the story and the couple's verbal "tug-of-war," the reader witnesses the irrevocable deterioration of the relationship, giving them uncertaint...

• Word Count: 1134
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate