One side must stop fighting" (50). The love between Catherine and Frederick must outlast long separations, life-threatening war-time situations, and the uncertainty of each other's whereabouts or condition. ... Henry decides he has had enough of the war and runs into the river to escape after he is arrested by the battle police for the crime of not being Italian. ... Henry wants to be by Catherine's side but the nurse does not let him in the room and he knows that Catherine will not survive. ... The nurse signals him to come into the room and he approaches Catherine and begins to ...

• Word Count: 2198
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

This was the basis for Across the River and into the Trees. ... Across the River and Into the Trees, was Hemingway's first novel in a decade. ... No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the prize can accept it other than with humility. ... He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. ... The drugs he was on had the side effect of making him depressed, and he relied more and more on alcohol. ...

• Word Count: 1917
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Most of the other characters have yet to find the values. ... All the rivers run into the sea . . . unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." ... One hill on one side of the station is dull, desolate, and barren; "it had no shade and no trees-, very desert like. However, the other hill on the other side of the station is beautiful, plentiful in nature, and had "fields of grain and tress along the banks of the Ebro River."" Also on each side of the station where each hill is, there is a train track. ...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The story takes place at a train station in Ebro River Valley in Spain "a symbol of the word embryo." ... This side is a complete opposite of the side the couple sits at. ... The American finally realizes that she has made a decision to have the baby, she decided for the other side with grain and trees. This is symbolized in the man's decision to take their bags to the other side of the station. ... Others should never experience this. ...

• Word Count: 1401
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School