A Farewell To Arms Catherine's Passion

     There is great power in being an author; you can make things happen which do not necessarily occur in real life. Hemingway felt throughout his life, powerless, and so to escape this, he created alternative lives by writing stories. Hemingway, who fell in love with Agnes, an American nurse, seven years older than he, while wounded in Milan, was deeply hurt after she didn't return his affections. While the beginning of A Farewell to Arms, up until this point is similar, this is where the story changes. In the book, Frederic and Catherine are both in love with each other. Hemingway continued his affair with Agnes through Frederic and Catherine. He put his dreams of what his faded love affair would have been like in the love scenes between Catherine and Frederic:

When the two first meet, Catherine is still dealing with the death of her fiancé in

No,no- do not say so. Well, go on” (Austen 150). Henry does not continue and allows Catherine to use her own imagination to imagine what terrors await her. Realizing that her emotions have gotten away form her, Catherine is rather embarrassed with herself, and Austen writes, “Catherine, recollecting herself, grew ashamed of her eagerness, and began earnestly to assure (Henry) that her attention had been fixed without the smallest apprehension of really meeting with what he related” (Austen 150).

Something Catherine cannot get away from is marriage. Catherine’s parents are constantly reminding her of her betrothal to someone she is not

Catherine II, better known as Catherine the Great, was empress of Russia, and led her country into the political and cultural life of Europe. Catherine was a beautiful woman who used modern tactics to conquer the love of the people, and the land that she was not born to. She reigned over thirty-four years in Russia. Catherine II is said to be one the most loved and enlightened rulers of the eighteenth century. Catherine II was born April 21, 1729, to Prince Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst of Germany and Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, with the name Sophia Friederike Auguste, Prinzessin (princess) von Anhalt-Zerbst.

A great chunk of this novel is about Catherine of Aragon, “The Betrayed Wife”. Catherine was originally married to Henry’s brother, Arthur, who had died from an unknown illness while in Wales.

Whereas Frederic is passionate about the love of his life, even declaring Catherine as his religion, Catherine never truly commits to the idea of marriage, stalwartly defending her independence. Henry views a formal marriage as a necessary action to solidify his relationship with Catherine, although she believes that they are already personally married. Catherine claims that “there’s no way to be married except by church or state” (Hemingway 115). Catherine is unreligious, so her refusal to married by state is justified. However, her refusal to be married by state showcases her true intentions. After Henry continues to pester her with the idea of marriage, her attitude towards him turns hostile, as she accuses Henry of being jealous of her past marriage with another man. This dramatic change displays Catherine’s willingness to challenge obstacles, such as Henry, that are a threat to her autonomy.

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Catherine wishes for a love like Hester’s, who can’t access her own because of the society she lives in. If Catherine were to possess such a passion as Hester does, she would

White is disrupted from his thoughts when he hears a group of teenagers turning the corner and

The symbolism in “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway is vivid and dynamic, and in the novel the rain and other factors, symbolize despair. The symbols all are presented in varying forms. The other symbolic factors include; lakes, rivers, snow, ice, mountains, plains, night, seasons, weather, Catherine’s hair, Frederic’s beard, officer stars, riding crop, the painted horse and the silhouette cutter. The symbolic concepts are; the baby, war, love, wounds, and the enemy. The different symbols have an effect on each character in the novel, in a special way. When a reader opens up the novel from the first page to the last page some of the symbols are made obvious, while some symbols are insightful.

As they progressively meet more often, they begin to turn this interest into a game for themselves. Henry starts off by lying to Catherine that he is in love with her, when in reality he just wants to win the game of being with her. This is a typical masculine idea that Henry has. He believes he can fool her into sleeping with his just like the other women he has been with. Catherine refutes this ploy by telling Henry, “You’re a nice boy.”

Catherine is so wrapped up in her fictional world of reading that she becomes ignorant of her real life issues with Henry Tilney, for whom she has been love-struck since their introduction. She entertains herself with wild imaginings about his life and family. Catherine's imaginings foreshadow her eager desire for mischief as Austen's story develops. Catherine is endowed with a vivid imagination, but she has not yet learned to use it in concert with her perception, especially in understanding the interactions between people.

Farewell to Arms is a story about Frederic Henry a Lieutenant in the ambulance corps how he grows to be mature throughout the course of the war. The story starts off as Frederick Henry not really caring for the war he at first does not believe in the war. He then wants to meet a girl called that he has heard about Catherine, who when she meets turns out to be the nature of the two. She Understands that the war is not as easily forgettable as Frederic Thinks it is because she has experienced war with the loss of her first lover. Frederic Believes that the war should be unnecessary and it is the people who run the countries to blame. Henry is shown maturing throughout the entire story he really is not as mature as Catherine at the time, but he shows that he will be by the way that

Now he has made her look like a fool, which causes her to be indifferent to him for the remainder of their acquaintance. "If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it." So when asked again to take a ride with John, Catherine responds "If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to be right." The sternness in her ability to make the right choices for herself is now solidified. She no longer needs to pacify others wants or requests. Through experience, Catherine is growing out of her innocence and naivety.