Edmund Wilson, in an internet article, "Ernest Hemingway: Bourdon Gauge of Morale," suggests that A Farewell to Arms is a tragedy of love and war . ... Wilson supports this suggestion by showing examples throughout the book. No book gives the exactness of a foreigner in a war like this book does. Hemingway wrote this book "...long enough after the events for them to present themselves..." ... A Farewell to Arms is a Romeo and Juliet. ...

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The title of a book is always the most significant part for many reasons. In a book the body is always linked back to the title. ... For instance, in A Farewell to Arms is a title that makes the reader think what the book is actually based on and almost lures the reader in to find out. ... This is why Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms was written so well. ... He is saying farewell to something that that had a great impact on his life. ...

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Story Elements in A Farewell to Arms The book A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic novel about the love story of a nurse and a war-ridden soldier. ... In A Farewell to Arms, various story elements are developed: the conflicts that occur internally and externally within Frederic's life, the characterization of Frederic Henry, the use of symbolism, and the dominating theme of love during a widespread war. ... The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is very much apparent. ... In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway uses rain in a non-traditional way. ... In A Farewell to...

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Love and War in A Farewell to Arms War is a terrible event that can have a drastic effect on the soldiers who participate. ... In his novel, A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway exhibits this destruction with the theme of love as a response to the horrors of war and the world. ... "A Farewell to Arms was dominated by an atmosphere of Gothic ruin, boredom, sterility, and decay" (Aldridge 231). ... This applies to the general atmosphere in the book. ... "The book is stillborn. ...

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In Hemingway's book, A Farewell to Arms, there are many moral lessons to be learned. One of the primary lessons is to be prepared and expect the unexpected. Many instances in the novel support this idea. For instance, the main character, Frederic Henry, never dreams that he will fall in love wit...

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In many novels, the historical and social settings have an immense influence on the personality, beliefs, and actions of the characters in the book. In Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms, set during World War 1 in Italy, this is clearly evident. ... I will have ten drinks. - This rampant use of alcohol, which is considered regular at the time, greatly influences the actions of many of the characters in the book. ...

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This particular book followed a family on their summer holiday and eventually on their separate paths in life. ... In his book A Farewell To Arms, Hemmingway explores an incredible war-torn love story between a solider and a nurse. Needless to say, although this book is considered great literature and a fine read, it is not considered innovational for its contumacious content. ... In fact, it is much easier to write a good book about a controversial subject, than it is to write a good book about a subject, on which we all agree or encounter in everyday life. ... If someone picks up a book, rea...

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He has written several novels such as, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. ... "This book has a lot of thematic issues, but the reader really needs to think to be able to pick up on all of them" (2). ... The Sun Also Rises was Hemingway's best-selling novel and is still a popular book today. ... The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is very much apparent. ... Another one of the symbolisms in A Farewell to Arms is when Henry tries to escape from the Italian army by jumping off one of the ships the army was traveling on and running away from...

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Hemingway's attitude during the book was portrayed through Henry. His attitude at the beginning was it's just a war and it will last a long time. Hemingway seemed like his attitude portrayed by Henry was he didn't mind being in the war, but he didn't love the war nor hate it. It seems to me like s...

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Ernest Hemingway is one of the most recognized writers in literature and has received numerous prizes for his works such as the Nobel Prize for his astounding contribution to literature, the Pulitzer Prize for his world renowned book "The Old Man and the Sea" and the Award for Merit from Academy of Arts & Letters (Baker). ... Paul Goodman, for example, was pleased with the "sweetness" of the writing in A Farewell to Arms. ...

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The Scarlet Letter is a book revealing lives of sin, social identity, and humanity. ... First describing the prison, the first scene of the book sets the expression for the first parts of the book, a gray and gloomy environment with a multitude of people to match the mood. ... The crowd watches as a beautiful young woman, Hester Prynne, steps out of the prison threshold into the sunshine, carrying a young infant in her arms. ... Hester has been accused of adultery and the small child in her arms is illegitimate.   ... As the book describes it, " his look became keen and penetrative. ...

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He composed the lyrics of the farewell songs at his high schools as well. ... A book allowed him to get far away from his troubles, and by the age of fourteen he had read everything in the Harlem libraries and had started going down to the main library. ... One evening, when David is staying at Joey's house, the two boys fall into each other's arms and have a sexual encounter. ...

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Interestingly the first scholarly mention of the term American exceptionalism actually comes from a man called Max Lerner in his book titled "America as a Civilization".13 He mentions that one of the main institutions that is singled out as the root of American exceptionalism, is the constitution. ... In George Washington's farewell address he said that the Constitution "has a just claim to [our] confidence and respect," because it is "the offspring of our choice, uninfluenced and unawed, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers uniting security wit...

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Frodo wakes in the house of Elrond in Rivendell. Gandalf is beside him and he tells the Hobbit that his friends are all safe. The wizard knows about most of their journey because the Hobbit has been talking in his sleep. Gandalf was delayed and could not guide them because he was held captive. Frodo...

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