Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms is a beautiful novel that has a setting that takes place during World War 1. In the very beginning to be quite honest this novel did not capture my interest right off the bat the way I expected it to. I had to continuously force myself to reread the first couple of chapters over and over again until the theme of the story stuck with me. The overall main character or protagonist within this novel happens to go by the name of Frederic Henry. And one interesting thing is that Frederic Henry is a Lieutenant. Unfortunately, he being a lieutenant is all that one might conclude about Mr. Henry especially because in this novel Hemingway does not reveal any background information on Frederic or the other characters.
Elimination of the character history to an extent I would say hinders the story a bit. However, at the same time no inclusion of background information on the characters makes the book unique. The reason the novel is hindered to an extent is because background information on the characters I believe adds details of balance and would have …show more content…
Since Frederic Henry is the main character I’ll talk about what he symbolizes. From reading the book within the first couple of chapters, one would notice that Mr. Henry is a tough cookie, especially since he is a lieutenant meaning he holds a certain amount of power. Lieutenant Frederic Henry I would say definitely represents and can be compared to a shell or even a sheep dressed in wolf’s clothing. My purpose for saying this is because Frederic Henry is hard on the outside however, when he is known on a more personal and deeper level he is very soft and fluffy almost resembling a teddy bear. Frederic’s shell appears to be hard but once he is an acquaintance with Ms. Catherine Barkley his shell breaks allowing his inner sensitive side to show and his feelings to bleed
Elimination of the character history to an extent I would say hinders the story a bit. However, at the same time no inclusion of background information on the characters makes the book unique. The reason the novel is hindered to an extent is because background information on the characters I believe adds details of balance and would have …show more content…
Since Frederic Henry is the main character I’ll talk about what he symbolizes. From reading the book within the first couple of chapters, one would notice that Mr. Henry is a tough cookie, especially since he is a lieutenant meaning he holds a certain amount of power. Lieutenant Frederic Henry I would say definitely represents and can be compared to a shell or even a sheep dressed in wolf’s clothing. My purpose for saying this is because Frederic Henry is hard on the outside however, when he is known on a more personal and deeper level he is very soft and fluffy almost resembling a teddy bear. Frederic’s shell appears to be hard but once he is an acquaintance with Ms. Catherine Barkley his shell breaks allowing his inner sensitive side to show and his feelings to bleed