... 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. It captures the inspiring trials and tribulations of the disillusioned soldier caught between love and war. Driving an ambulance on the Italian front in World War One, Frederick Henry discovers his values as he realizes his love for Catherine Barkley, an innocent English nurse ... by victory . . . One side must stop fighting" (50). The love between Catherine and Frederick must outlast long separations, life-threatening war-time situations, and the uncertaint...

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• Grade Level: High School

... content of his articles. During World War I Hemingway was rejected from the service because of a bad left eye. He became an ambulance driver in Italy for the Red Cross. While on duty Ernest got shot in his knee and was sent to the hospital to recuperate. In the hospital he meets and falls in love with a nurse at the ... Farewell to Arms. Both novels showed Hemingway's obsession with death. During World War II, Ernest became a secret agent for the United States. It was at this time that he became a heavy drinker because of his time by himself on the boat. In 1954 Ernest Hemingway won the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... for the Kansas City Star Newspaper. He was also a Red Cross ambulance driver during World War I, but was severely wounded. After recovering from his wound in Italy, Hemingway settled in Paris, France, where his serious writing career began. In American literature Hemingway stressed two key principles: one, the importance of authentic experience in his work and two, the "Hemingway Hero- (IGD). The "Hemingway Hero- is the character ... Sun Also Rises is a novel by Ernest Hemingway portraying the mentality of the youth of the 1920's. The novel is narrated by Jake Barnes, who is a veteran o...

• Word Count: 1759
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School