The English Patient and A Farewell to Arms both have the same main idea, the World War. Both of the books are about how the war affects the main characters lives and how it changes them completely. Both books have similarities in their symbols and themes, but a difference in the author’s writing style. Like in The English Patient, there are alternating points of views causing the reader to be a bit confused about who is speaking at that moment in the book. The book only has 10 chapters and each chapter revolves around the chapter title. The beginning of the book starts off with the nurse, Hana, who takes care of the English Patient. Then later on Hana meets, David Cavagarrio, an old friend that is a thief that later
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There are five books that separate the chapters. Each book has its own main point that is detailed out by the chapters. Book one starts out by Henry meeting Catherine where they start their attraction towards each other. Book two talks about Henry getting injured and being hospitalized where Catherine is sometimes there to take care of him. Book three leads Henry back to the front because at the hospital he was consuming alcohol instead of resting. Henry and a few other guys get caught into interrogation causing Henry to flee. Book four details Henry’s escape and determination to find Catherine who has left for Stresa. When Henry finds Catherine, he is alerted that he will be arrested in the morning causing the couple to getaway to Switzerland on boat. Book five ends A Farewell to Arms with the couple living in Montreux in the mountains. The couple’s love is so powerful that no one can come between it. Except for Catherine’s death during childbirth. Leaving Henry broken hearted, not even caring about his stillbirth …show more content…
When a human’s heart shatters from the loss of a loved one our entire world falls apart. In both books Catherine/Katharine’s death was a symbol of love and pain. In The English Patient Almásy fell apart for not having Katharine around him “During their months of separation he had grown bitter and self-sufficient” (Ondaatje; 172). Every time Katherine did a small gesture to him he would ignore it because she would also do small gestures to strangers causing him to become jealous. This showed that Almásy was very possessive; wanted ownership. In A Farewell to Arms Henry does not want anything except for Catherine’s survival from the surgery “Aren’t you proud of your son” “No, he nearly killed his mother” (Hemingway; 325). To care more for your wife and not your newborn shows that Henry is head over heels for Catherine. As time goes on, our heart will heal, but at the present time the pain is unbearable, and what these two authors did was use love as a solution. Love is the biggest theme these two books share with one another. This theme is used as an escape from the reality of the war, a distraction that needs to calm the mind and to take it to a better state. For example when Catherine and Henry meet, Catherine asks him if he loves her. His reply was a yes; a lie so he could keep his mind distracted and just like Catherine she wanted to get rid of the pain of her fiancé’s death. In the beginning of their relationship the
There are five books that separate the chapters. Each book has its own main point that is detailed out by the chapters. Book one starts out by Henry meeting Catherine where they start their attraction towards each other. Book two talks about Henry getting injured and being hospitalized where Catherine is sometimes there to take care of him. Book three leads Henry back to the front because at the hospital he was consuming alcohol instead of resting. Henry and a few other guys get caught into interrogation causing Henry to flee. Book four details Henry’s escape and determination to find Catherine who has left for Stresa. When Henry finds Catherine, he is alerted that he will be arrested in the morning causing the couple to getaway to Switzerland on boat. Book five ends A Farewell to Arms with the couple living in Montreux in the mountains. The couple’s love is so powerful that no one can come between it. Except for Catherine’s death during childbirth. Leaving Henry broken hearted, not even caring about his stillbirth …show more content…
When a human’s heart shatters from the loss of a loved one our entire world falls apart. In both books Catherine/Katharine’s death was a symbol of love and pain. In The English Patient Almásy fell apart for not having Katharine around him “During their months of separation he had grown bitter and self-sufficient” (Ondaatje; 172). Every time Katherine did a small gesture to him he would ignore it because she would also do small gestures to strangers causing him to become jealous. This showed that Almásy was very possessive; wanted ownership. In A Farewell to Arms Henry does not want anything except for Catherine’s survival from the surgery “Aren’t you proud of your son” “No, he nearly killed his mother” (Hemingway; 325). To care more for your wife and not your newborn shows that Henry is head over heels for Catherine. As time goes on, our heart will heal, but at the present time the pain is unbearable, and what these two authors did was use love as a solution. Love is the biggest theme these two books share with one another. This theme is used as an escape from the reality of the war, a distraction that needs to calm the mind and to take it to a better state. For example when Catherine and Henry meet, Catherine asks him if he loves her. His reply was a yes; a lie so he could keep his mind distracted and just like Catherine she wanted to get rid of the pain of her fiancé’s death. In the beginning of their relationship the