... he gives a particular Mirabelli 2 insight about how he feels about women: "clear, cold, and dry- (38). Henry loves to play the role of a womanizer and is an American fighting a war in another country. Henry meets Catherine Barkley, near the front between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Catherine suffers during this war before she meets Henry because she loses her fiancé during the war. ... At first Henry wants to seduce Catherine. He tells her that he loves her but she catches on to his game. The ... rather himself- (Waldhorn 127). He realizes how important Catherine is to him and shows her...

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• Grade Level: High School

... army. Many parallels exist between Hemingway's real life war experiences and the experiences of Frederic Henry, the main character of the novel. Many of these parallels affect Hemmingway's use of themes in the novel. After Hemingway graduated high school he enlisted in the Red Cross ambulance corps. He was stationed on the Austrian front in Italy during the last year of World War I. Henry also ... were protected by something as delicate as hair. Later in the story when they are isolated from the war in Switzerland, they learn the harsh lesson that love, in the face of life's cruel reali...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School