Summary Of Ernest Hemingway 's ' A Farewell Of Arms '

In chapter 41 Henry’s love caused him to be fearful that Catherine might die in labor. Henry is at the hospital checking on Catherine.Catherine keeps on having complications during her surgery. When the baby is delivered Henry knows something is seriously wrong because the baby is dead.Then Catherine has a hemorrhage and Henry is very upset. “ Please,please,please dear God, don’t let her die.”(Hemingway 330) Catherine Barkley dies from her labor. Henry’s love for Catherine and care for her made him very fearful for the outcome of death.

The first paragraph of the first chapter in the novel uses subtle Irony to depict to the reader what Catherine Moorland was not. Catherine was not a girl with extraordinary beauty and ability of a classic romantic heroine, but an ordinary girl who may possibly lack extraordinary beauty and ability. In the novel, Catherine travels to Bath where she comes into contact with silly and tasteless people, the Thorpes. This contrast makes Catherine shine brighter. Catherine also comes into contact with the Tilneys, who were educated, well-bred people with a sense of humor. Their influence helps Catherine to develop into a sensible character, relieved of romantic notions, to become a charming wife for Henry Tilney.

farmer that lived in the town. He represents a person who is not perfect but

The involvement of a family member with the previously misjudged character directly causes each heroine’s fallout of sorts with her future husband, who will henceforth be referred to as the hero. Catherine’s brother James becomes involved with Isabella before she is known to be such a determined flirt, but when she all but abandons him for Captain Tilney, it becomes known to General Tilney that Catherine’s family is not as rich as formerly supposed, and this results in

At this point, Henry does not know anything of love. Throughout the whole First Book, Henry ignorantly disregards any possibility of love. ³I knew I did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her² (30). He willfully entered a relationship with Catherine, but did not have serious intentions with her, yet. To him it was just a ³game ... in which you said things² like ³I love you² (30). Henry casually speaks of this so-called love to Catherine, but her past experience with her fiancé have made her cautious when dealing with love. She knows the reality of love and the extent of Henry¹s feelings, ³You don¹t have to pretend you love me² (31).

15. Catherine Earnshaw is rebellious, free-spirited, and mischievous. Mr. Earnshaw is disappointed in Catherine and tells her to go pray. His treatment of her only hardens her and gives her more pleasure in showing off her power over Heathcliff.

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).

Catherine Ames is one who builds her entire world upon deceit, in spite of her

The lumberjack, who could also be minor criminal because, he is willing to turn a blind eye to the wrong, or the law breaking the princess, or criminal was planning on doing and not turn her in to the authorities.

Henry The biggest of the littluns. He is made the object of a mean-spirited prank by

The novel explains Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley’s lives before they came to Italy clearly by stating that Henry wanted to be an architect before the war and Catherine has always been a nurse. Henry is an American who was studying architecture in Rome. On page 242, it clearly says this when Henry told Catherine, “I wanted to be an architect.” Henry joined the war because he was already in Italy and he knew how to speak Italian. Catherine had always been a nurse, but she was previously in England because that is where her home is. These examples show the past lives of both Frederic and Catherine and how their lives came to cross.

Through Catherine's point of view it seems that she doesn't matter at times. Catherine's father even has

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.

While Frederic is never passionate about the war, he does experience a change from casually indifferent to fervently avoiding the war. In the beginning of the novel, it is clear that although Frederic is participating in the war, he does not seem to seek anything more, such as promotion or glory. Frederic’s involvement in the war is fairly happenstance; when pressed about why he joined the Italian ambulance corps, he responds, “There isn’t always an explanation for everything” (Hemingway 18). Frederic seems to simply be floating through his life.

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is a book about love and war set in Italy during WWI. The book begins with Lieutenant Frederick Henry working as an