... she is very vulnerable. She exposes the pain of her past love, and she is clearly still in shock from her fiancé's death. Frederic takes advantage of this and causes her pain but she still loves him. "Hemingway establishes Catherine as the one who knows well the dangers of loving, and from the time of her meeting with Frederic, she balances them against the emptiness of not loving- ("A Farewell- 1527). Hemingway has ... until the very end, through all the pain and the love she has experienced. The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is also another good example of the relationship between ...

• Word Count: 2266
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... place in the mountains that sit back beyond the plains. The land where the war is happening is described by the author as bountiful with different crops growing in the summertime. As the seasons change in the beginning of the story, so does the weather that brings about the autumn and winter months. It is within these months that the narrator describes the cold rain, and the death that immerses with the onset of cholera across the land. Hemingway's use of words during the ... is smitten with Catherine from the beginning. He likes the idea of falling in love with someone. Frederic and Ca...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... it can also destroy the emotions of innocent civilians. 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. Hemingway repeatedly emphasizes the horrific devastation war has wrought on everyone involved. He begins with the opening account of cholera, which "in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army" (Hemingway 4). The use of the word "only" paints a picture of genuine horror. He makes ... time together" (Hemingway 311). This applies to the general atmosphere in the book. If ther...

• Word Count: 1161
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School