1. What were the main conflicts of the book? A Farewell to Arms is a fantastic story about the harsh realities of war. At the same time, it is also a tragic love story. It takes place during the First World War on the Italian Front. The most important characters includes Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley. Henry, who serves as the narrator, is an American who serves as a Lieutenant in the Italian army as an ambulance driver. Barkley is a beautiful English nurse, who is introduced to Henry by his best friend, Rinaldi. They begin a casual affair, but over the course of the book, this develops into real love. Henry is torn apart between carrying out his duty with the Italian army, or following his love for Barkley. Henry joined up with the
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This intentional use would be ironic, as Peele 's poem is about an old knight who wishes to serve his Queen Elizabeth forever. This is in stark contrast to Hemingway 's novel is about a young man who decides to desert the Italian army.
6. Do you like the way the novel ended? Why or why not? No, I did not particularly like the way the novel ended. The novel ends its story in Switzerland, a neutral country where Frederic Henry and his girlfriend, Catherine Barkley managed to escape too. Berkley is already pregnant with a son in this part of the novel. Henry takes her to a hospital, where she goes into labor. She gives birth to a stillborn son, and then suffers from internal hemorrhaging. It is made clear to Henry that Barkley will soon die. He tries to look calm and collected, as he has done so for of the book, but inevitably gets upset when she passes on. He eventually kicks out hospital staff members from her room so he can have a final moment with her alone. He acknowledges his goodbye to his true love feeling more like he 's talking to a statue. The final sentence has Henry walking back to the hotel in the rain, …show more content…
The priest is a simple man from a small village who works with the soldiers. He is Henry 's confidant, and the two of them speak on a deeper level than Henry and Rinaldi. Interestingly, one could view Rinaldi and the Priest as two opposite characters, despite their friendship with Henry. Rinaldi is more silly, loud and a womanizer. The priest is more reserved, quiet and mature. Yet, the priest has his doubts about himself and the war, and Henry has his own share of problems, and the two speak to each other on a deeper level. In my opinion, Rinaldi is more of a friend that one would hang out with, who is loyal and makes jokes with. The priest
8. What was the most interesting part of the book? done The book is supposed to be a war story, yet I thought it was a nice change of pace to see people 's lives away from the war front. Several interesting sections of the book involve Henry living away from the front lines. The first time we see Henry away from the war, is because he is wounded at the front. He ends up going to a field hospital in Milan, where he is being taken care of by Barkley. They spend most of Frederic 's recovery time chatting and hanging out together. It is here they fall in love and Henry is eventually sent back to active-duty when he recovers from his
This intentional use would be ironic, as Peele 's poem is about an old knight who wishes to serve his Queen Elizabeth forever. This is in stark contrast to Hemingway 's novel is about a young man who decides to desert the Italian army.
6. Do you like the way the novel ended? Why or why not? No, I did not particularly like the way the novel ended. The novel ends its story in Switzerland, a neutral country where Frederic Henry and his girlfriend, Catherine Barkley managed to escape too. Berkley is already pregnant with a son in this part of the novel. Henry takes her to a hospital, where she goes into labor. She gives birth to a stillborn son, and then suffers from internal hemorrhaging. It is made clear to Henry that Barkley will soon die. He tries to look calm and collected, as he has done so for of the book, but inevitably gets upset when she passes on. He eventually kicks out hospital staff members from her room so he can have a final moment with her alone. He acknowledges his goodbye to his true love feeling more like he 's talking to a statue. The final sentence has Henry walking back to the hotel in the rain, …show more content…
The priest is a simple man from a small village who works with the soldiers. He is Henry 's confidant, and the two of them speak on a deeper level than Henry and Rinaldi. Interestingly, one could view Rinaldi and the Priest as two opposite characters, despite their friendship with Henry. Rinaldi is more silly, loud and a womanizer. The priest is more reserved, quiet and mature. Yet, the priest has his doubts about himself and the war, and Henry has his own share of problems, and the two speak to each other on a deeper level. In my opinion, Rinaldi is more of a friend that one would hang out with, who is loyal and makes jokes with. The priest
8. What was the most interesting part of the book? done The book is supposed to be a war story, yet I thought it was a nice change of pace to see people 's lives away from the war front. Several interesting sections of the book involve Henry living away from the front lines. The first time we see Henry away from the war, is because he is wounded at the front. He ends up going to a field hospital in Milan, where he is being taken care of by Barkley. They spend most of Frederic 's recovery time chatting and hanging out together. It is here they fall in love and Henry is eventually sent back to active-duty when he recovers from his