'A Farewell to Arms' by Earnest Hemingway

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This paper reviews and analyzes the book 'A Farewell to Arms' to Earnest Hemingway. The paper studies the role of the leading character, Frederic Henry and how he handles war and violence.

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"Earnest Hemingway's purpose in 'A Farewell to Arms' suggests the undeniable cruelty and destruction that war brings forth in western culture. The aggressive and often masculine nature of Hemingway's lead character, Frederic Henry, conveys this aspect of war with a relentless series of violent events. By creating a book that would depict the reality of war, Hemingway sought to bring out the darkest possible scenario of what soldiers had gone through during the Italian campaign of World War I. This goal is achieved by recognizing the horrible reality of murder and mayhem, which strays from the ideological glory of war and the supposed rewards one gets from participating in war. In my opinion, Hemingway captures the stoicism and masculine hardness of reality, as Henry is not deterred from the ideological ramblings of the priest, Ettore Moretti and Gino."

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