1. The novel tells the reader about the lives of Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley before they come to Italy and what they are doing there. First of all, Frederic Henry was studying to be an architect before the war. Catherine was getting ready to marry her later dead fiancé. Second, they are in the Italian army to help the wounded. Catherine is a nurse and Frederic is an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. Lastly, when asked why he joined the army as an American, Frederic responded in an uncertain matter simply saying, “I was in Italy… and I spoke Italian” (Hemingway 22). Catherine on the other hand had more of a reason because she wanted to do something for her fiancé’s recent death.
2. Frederic did not feel any actual love for Catherine …show more content…
Hemingway’s style in A Farewell to Arms is effective because it gives the reader a realistic image. First of all, Hemingway writes the book from the perspective of the narrator reflecting upon his past. He gives the reader the feeling that they are actually reliving the memories. Second, the narrator has no reason to give the unseen reader his physical description, background, or such details. The omitting of details from the writing makes it seem more realistic and puts the reader in the immediate picture. Lastly, Hemingway’s writing style has straightforward sentences with the heavy use of nouns and verbs as opposed to adjectives and adverbs. For example, the quote, “Then the truck stopped. The whole column was stopped. It started again and we went a little farther, then stopped. I got out and walked ahead” (Hemingway 194), serves to further make the book events seem true and realistic because there are no long, fancy or elaborate …show more content…
The mountains, the plain, and the rain have symbolic significance in A Farewell to Arms. For example, the mountains represent home. They are a source of a feeling of happiness and security. Next, the plains are like the opposite of the mountains and represent the lowlights of war. It symbolizes obscenities, pain, and suffering. Lastly, the quote said by Catherine, “I’m afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it… And sometimes I see you dead in it” (Hemingway 126), shows how rain symbolizes death in the book. Unbeknownst to Catherine, her feelings about rain were right because she ends up dying in the end and the same weather was described on Frederic’s last night with
2. Frederic did not feel any actual love for Catherine …show more content…
Hemingway’s style in A Farewell to Arms is effective because it gives the reader a realistic image. First of all, Hemingway writes the book from the perspective of the narrator reflecting upon his past. He gives the reader the feeling that they are actually reliving the memories. Second, the narrator has no reason to give the unseen reader his physical description, background, or such details. The omitting of details from the writing makes it seem more realistic and puts the reader in the immediate picture. Lastly, Hemingway’s writing style has straightforward sentences with the heavy use of nouns and verbs as opposed to adjectives and adverbs. For example, the quote, “Then the truck stopped. The whole column was stopped. It started again and we went a little farther, then stopped. I got out and walked ahead” (Hemingway 194), serves to further make the book events seem true and realistic because there are no long, fancy or elaborate …show more content…
The mountains, the plain, and the rain have symbolic significance in A Farewell to Arms. For example, the mountains represent home. They are a source of a feeling of happiness and security. Next, the plains are like the opposite of the mountains and represent the lowlights of war. It symbolizes obscenities, pain, and suffering. Lastly, the quote said by Catherine, “I’m afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it… And sometimes I see you dead in it” (Hemingway 126), shows how rain symbolizes death in the book. Unbeknownst to Catherine, her feelings about rain were right because she ends up dying in the end and the same weather was described on Frederic’s last night with