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Farewell to Arms

Introduction

Farewell to Arms is a unique tale, written by Ernest Hemingway, was based loosely around his personal experiences in World War I. However, instead of being an autobiography, this book was centered on two lovers, Catherine Barkley and Frederic Henry. In A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway showed his exceptional ability to conjure up magnificent imagery; he often used human nature in such a way that worked with his purpose. His purpose in this story was to use rain as a symbol of dismal and depressing thoughts or events. Furthermore, he knew that it was human nature to connect the two. With this knowledge, he intensified the setting by using weather to convey emotions of characters. All the way through A Farewell to Arms rain symbolized the coming or past events containing sorrow or mourning (Baker, 52-96).

Discussion

Throughout the novel, A Farewell To Arms, by Ernest Hemmingway, Fredrick Henry an ambulance driver is required to accomplish many feats during the chaos of war. The things that happen are only things that a strong person, a hero, can endure. Fredrick proves to be a person of self- discipline, conviction, action, and who is able to remain composed under immense pressure. These to me are qualities of a hero (Meyers, 102-106).

Conviction is a trait that many say Henry lacks. Well through the novel he gains confidence in his own reasoning and acts upon these instincts. When they are stranded in the middle of no where, with the enemy coming up behind them, two sergeants refuse to help them in the battle of rescuing their ambulance from the mud. Henry does not think twice before ordering them to return and help (Oliver, 12-17).

He does not think a second more before drawing gun and firing, when they do not obey his orders. "Halt," I said. They kept on down the muddy road, the hedge on either side. "I order you to halt" I called. They went a little faster. I opened up my holster, took the pistol, aimed at the one who had talked the most, and fired."(AFA 204) Henry steps up to the plate and is not going to be pushed around. He felt challenged by their disobedience and was not going to step down. He had no doubt that what he was going to do and had done is wrong. They were challenging his authority and he ...