All Is Fair In Love And War Or So They Say
Humans are a complex species; a species where circumstances and emotions dictate their actions. Love is perhaps a humans most prevalent motivator, the majority of their actions being guided by the need to love and receive love in return. A person will spend their entire life looking for love; whether it be in a friend, family member, lover, or a personal god. Certain circumstances in a persons life can dictate their ability to give and receive love. War has always been a situation in which people inspect and try to make sense of their ideals of life and what living, loving, and simply existing mean to them. War causes an internal battle of doubt on what one has believed to be true, what one has learned, …show more content…
Hemingway’s writing reflects the emotions of humans in times of turmoil, he uses his characters in a way that leaves the reader wishing to know more; evoking a desperate need to understand the characters inner conflict of their relationships with other individuals, god, and themselves.
A Farewell to Arms is nothing if not a turbulence filled ride of human relationships. Hemingway’s exploration of war and its effects on relationships starts early in chapter two during a conversation in which the lieutenant states that, “All thinking men are atheists.” (7) This gives a first look into how the characters in the novel view …show more content…
Throughout the novel Hemingway’s characters are able to sift through their ideals and emotions in one of the most extenuating human circumstances; war. In the novel Henry and Catherine displace their thoughts of god and religion and are able to find solace in each other. Catherine who had lost her fiancé to battle and Henry who thought life had no meaning were able to find a purpose in each
Humans are a complex species; a species where circumstances and emotions dictate their actions. Love is perhaps a humans most prevalent motivator, the majority of their actions being guided by the need to love and receive love in return. A person will spend their entire life looking for love; whether it be in a friend, family member, lover, or a personal god. Certain circumstances in a persons life can dictate their ability to give and receive love. War has always been a situation in which people inspect and try to make sense of their ideals of life and what living, loving, and simply existing mean to them. War causes an internal battle of doubt on what one has believed to be true, what one has learned, …show more content…
Hemingway’s writing reflects the emotions of humans in times of turmoil, he uses his characters in a way that leaves the reader wishing to know more; evoking a desperate need to understand the characters inner conflict of their relationships with other individuals, god, and themselves.
A Farewell to Arms is nothing if not a turbulence filled ride of human relationships. Hemingway’s exploration of war and its effects on relationships starts early in chapter two during a conversation in which the lieutenant states that, “All thinking men are atheists.” (7) This gives a first look into how the characters in the novel view …show more content…
Throughout the novel Hemingway’s characters are able to sift through their ideals and emotions in one of the most extenuating human circumstances; war. In the novel Henry and Catherine displace their thoughts of god and religion and are able to find solace in each other. Catherine who had lost her fiancé to battle and Henry who thought life had no meaning were able to find a purpose in each