World War I was very tragic time, and only a few novelist captured the true lives of people who lived during that time. Ernest Hemingway, an english author who was in the Italian first aid during World War I, is one of the novelist who show an aspect of life during World War I in the novel Farewell to Arms. Hemingway tries to show what people had to deal with during those times. A man named Fredi, who is an american in the Italian first aid, meets a woman who he falls in love with. He tries to live a life with this woman but also having to deal with the problems that arise during war. Hemingway shows the theme of loss during that happens during war and how the war affects people in this novel. It’s written as a normal man who is going through
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He wants to show how it is to live in the time of war and how people live through it. He shows this in unique way by having an ordinary man’s point of view during the war. Hemingway shows the effect the war has on people when a man named Passini says, “We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy” (50). Even though Passini is not in the actual fighting part of the war, he still is affected by the war. He knows how people are affected and gets upset by war. Because of all the death and loss that happens. Hemingway wants to show how the loss affects people. He does this by showing Fredi’s outlook on life when Fredi states, “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills” (319). Fredi comments this after seeing many of his friends and family die all around him. With all the death, he gets a darker outlook on life and feels the world is unfair. He now believes everyone who is strong and good does not survive. He lost too many people that he cares about and now has a pessimistic look on life. Because of the war around him, he does not the same look on life as before in life. This is the way Hemingway tries to show how war affects people. With this technique, he succeeded at showing how the war affects people. This is one part of the book that was best, but there are some aspects of the novel that was not
He wants to show how it is to live in the time of war and how people live through it. He shows this in unique way by having an ordinary man’s point of view during the war. Hemingway shows the effect the war has on people when a man named Passini says, “We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy” (50). Even though Passini is not in the actual fighting part of the war, he still is affected by the war. He knows how people are affected and gets upset by war. Because of all the death and loss that happens. Hemingway wants to show how the loss affects people. He does this by showing Fredi’s outlook on life when Fredi states, “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills” (319). Fredi comments this after seeing many of his friends and family die all around him. With all the death, he gets a darker outlook on life and feels the world is unfair. He now believes everyone who is strong and good does not survive. He lost too many people that he cares about and now has a pessimistic look on life. Because of the war around him, he does not the same look on life as before in life. This is the way Hemingway tries to show how war affects people. With this technique, he succeeded at showing how the war affects people. This is one part of the book that was best, but there are some aspects of the novel that was not