Farewell To Arms Foreshadowing Analysis

Yes, I do believe that Hemingway may have been foreshadowing the outcome of the novel. You can look at this from different points. One way you could look at this is from Henry’s point of view from the war. Henry doesn’t follow his religious views and instead goes and fights in the war. Henry’s experience goes with the quote “we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.” because we learn that Henry hates war. He does not want to be fighting in this war, and therefore we can look at the foreshadowing on Henry leaving the military.

Another way you can look at the foreshadowing for this novel is Catherine and Henry’s love. We read that Henry says “I love you” multiple times in this novel. After he says this he also says that this wasn’t …show more content…
Since Henry has fled the military, I believe that he has no intention of returning. “As I make my trip back to America, all I can think about is my life and how it has changed. I’ve fought in a war that I did not completely believe, I’ve found a girl that I love, and I’ve lost the girl that I love. I had a child and lost that child in the blink of an eye.
I’m going back to America to try and live a long, healthy life. Being in the Italian military has taught me many different things. I made new friends and lost fellow fighters in battle. I’m ready to be back in America. I’m ready to make new friends and try and forget about the life that I lived while I was overseas. I promised Catherine to never say what I said to her, to other girls. I plan to keep this promise, and will hopefully live a happy, healthy life without her.”

A theme for this novel could be love and pain. Henry falls in love with Catherine, and later experiences pain when she passes away, along with the baby. Another theme could be war and the negative effects of it. An example would be Henry getting injured on the line of