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n going every evening to the house for officers with the girls climbed all over you and put your cap on backwards as a sign of affection between their trips upstairs with the brother officers. I knew that I did not love Catherine Barkley nor did I have any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or for playing for some stakes nobody had mentioned what the stakes were. It was all right for me.” (pg. 30-31)

An American Second Lieutenant in the Italian Army’s Ambulance Corps, Frederic Henry is depicted in the beginning of the novel as an average man in the search of a set of values. Initially in the novel Frederic, is lonely, lustful, confused, restless, but as he becomes involved with Catherine he finds his niche and true meaning to life. Frederic has no idea of where his life is headed, and even explains that his reason for joining the Italian army was due to escaping his previous life. He also had heard that the Italian front was a very beautiful place. These two reasons for joining the Italian army were not very legitimate but he really did find a part of himself by joining the war. In the beginning of the novel Frederic is constantly going to the whorehouses every night not considering the consequences. As he becomes involved in Catherine he tries to play the same games that he does with the prostitutes, but soon realizes that this will not work. He begins to love Catherine, which is something he has never done before. At the end of the novel, Frederic is definitely a different man from the beginning of the novel. He has found the true meaning of love, set goals, developed a sense of discipline and order in his life, and has found his true morals.

Catherine, everything about her attracted Frederic to her. Whether it was her beauty, kindness, sincerity, trust, respect, or just her passionate love toward him. From the time the two of them met, they had a special bond that was much different. Frederic was planning to treat Catherine with the same respect and morals as he did with the prostitutes, but soon realized that the relationship would cease to exist if he treated Catherine that way. Catherine transformed Frederic into a new person, and she had so much of an impact on him that Frederic gained and learned so much during their relationship. Frederic for once in his life was headed in the right direction and knew what he wanted to accomplish in life. He discovered that war was not for him. Frederic left this life behind, and began a new life with Catherine in Switzerland, while she was pregnant. The love between the two of them was so strong that it dramatically changed Frederic as a person. Frederic for once in his life experienced love. This love brought him hope, order, strength, discipline, and a true meaning of what life really was about. Ultimately, Frederic learned his basic values through Catherine in their adventures of love, war, and death during World War 1. By the end of the novel, Frederic was a new man. He was no longer confused, lustful, or restless but had found all the answers toward these problems in his love toward Catherine. His love for Catherine was so power, and monumental in Frederic life that it was a life altering experience. In his love toward Catherine he found a part of himself that he had never known before, the ability to love. Frederic learned at the end of the novel that Catherine was correct when she had stated that with death everything ends. He experiences this with the death of his son, and mostly Catherine. Frederic does not know where to go or even what to do after the death of Catherine. He walks out of the hospital in a dazed manor, not even knowing how to say goodbye to Catherine. This is a t

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