In the novel A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway uses, Foreshadowing and Symbolism for death, when rain is presented. In A Farewell to Arms ,many main characters as presented throughout the novel such as Frederic Henry, an American working for the Italian army driving ambulances, Catherine Barkley a nurse working for the Italian army, and Emilio a man who Henry meets in a hotel who helps Henry and Catherine escape to switzerland by lending them a boat. Hemingway introduces the use of Foreshadowing and symbolism to represent rain in many ways such as when Henry and Catherine were laying in bed and Catherine tell Henry that she is afraid of the rain because she see’s herself dead in it, rain is also present when Henry and other Italian soldiers are being lined up to be shot for retreating, and also when Catherine and Henry were laying in bed and Emilio told Henry that the police were there to arrest him.
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Rain is also described as a foreshadowing of death as cain says” The only way that Frederic can bring Catherine Barkley back to life, touching her hand again and feeling the thrill and sexual excitement is through telling the story in which ultimately she dies, he remembers her as he caused her death.”(cain 377). This quote relates back to the the end of book 2 in which Henry tells Catherine he has to go back to the front lines which foreshadows that there relationship has died for a short period of
Rain is also described as a foreshadowing of death as cain says” The only way that Frederic can bring Catherine Barkley back to life, touching her hand again and feeling the thrill and sexual excitement is through telling the story in which ultimately she dies, he remembers her as he caused her death.”(cain 377). This quote relates back to the the end of book 2 in which Henry tells Catherine he has to go back to the front lines which foreshadows that there relationship has died for a short period of