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Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", 2005.
This paper discusses the use of symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms".
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" is a love story built around a theme of good versus evil, set against backdrops of war and hospitals. The author points out that, in this morality tale, Hemingway uses this war and the hospitals, both places where individuals fight a life-or-death battle, to symbolize facing one's own spirituality. The paper relates that the love between Frederic and Catherine is symbolic of the good in life; however, Frederic's unclean way of living, the bad side of human nature, is symbolic of death.
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"Rather, Hemingway uses his brief service as a Red Cross ambulance driver on the Italian front in 1918, and his injury by a mortar burst as a source for realistic detail. Hemingway's wound was critical enough to be life endangering, and it has been observed by his contemporaries that this experience permanently altered his outlook on life. The author himself remembered the sensation of his life almost leaving him, "like you'd pull a silk handkerchief out of a pocket by a corner." The love story is based on his own affair with a nurse during this time, Agnes von Kurowsky. Although Hemingway was deeply in love with her, she did not regard the liaison as a serious affair, and left for Florence to care for a patient. While there, she became involved with someone else and broke the affair off."
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Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", 2000.
How Hemingway depicts war's destruction and disruption.
1,837 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 58.95
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This paper presents an overview of how Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms", portrays the destructive power of war.
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"Hemingway?s A Farewell to Arms depicts how war destroys the natural process of life, the foundation of society, and the future of those involved. Society?s norms determine the natural order of an individual?s life. Nature, the intrinsic characteristics of a person or thing, is the symbol of the natural order of life. Symbolism is a recurring theme or setting that represents reality on one level and simultaneously calls your attention to another level of meaning. Using both symbols of nature and the love affair of Lieutenant Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley, Hemingway shows how war alters the natural process of life."
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Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms", 1991.
This paper will compares two novels by Ernest Hemingway: "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms": Settings, themes, characters, conflicts and style.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 79.95
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"This paper will compare and contrast two novels by Ernest Hemingway: "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms". Both of these novels are based on the personal experiences of Hemingway which took place during and immediately after the First World War. During the First World War, Hemingway volunteered to serve as an ambulance driver for the Italian army. He was wounded during that time, and his experiences became the basis for the novel A Farewell to Arms. During the early 1920s, Hemingway went to Paris, where he befriended other American artists who were living as expatriates there. That experience became the foundation for his novel The Sun Also Rises. Thus, the setting for A Farewell to Arms is Europe during the First World War, and the setting for The Sun Also Rises is Europe during the years immediately following the war."
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"A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, 1989.
Discusses themes of war & love; characters; symbolism; plot; summary and brief critique.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 63.95
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"War's devastating effects on society is a common theme in literature, movies and television. Our senses are bombarded with the sounds of exploding bombs and firing guns, the sights of dismembered, bloody bodies, and the vast desolate aftermaths of battles. In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway however, we are forced to see the insidious effects and disillusionments of war in a subtler yet more devastating way - through the personal perceptions and actions of an individual. Samuel Shaw observes,
Hemingway describes war as it appears in the eyes of one participant. All the confusion and formlessness of battle as it is experienced by the individual soldier comes through to the reader. Hemingway offers no panoramic view of the battleground or historical perspective of war (Shaw 55)."
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Hemingway?s "A Farewell to Arms", 2002.
A review of the book, "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway focusing on the complex relationship between love and war.
1,179 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" and illustrates how the author broaches the brutality of war while juxtaposing it against the complexity of human emotions. The paper examines the tragic ending to "A Farewell to Arms" showing how it underscores the difficulty in finding meaning in life. The paper describes how Hemingway drives home the complex relationship between love and war and draws out their ironic similarities in his novel "A Farewell to Arms".
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"Hemingway broaches the brutality of war while juxtaposing it against the complexity of human emotions in his novel "A Farewell to Arms". Set in Europe during World War I, "A Farewell to Arms" is a classic American text that elucidates the role of women in the time of its publication as well as revealing the author?s own feelings towards the roles of men and women in society. The narrator and protagonist is a man conflicted about his position in the army and his position as a lover. Frederic Henry dismisses the philosophical nature of war and heroism, downplaying the loftier causes of the Great War. Mirroring his conflict about warfare is his relationship with Catherine Barkley. Catherine initiates their affair in a playful and frivolous manner, but because a genuine love and trust develops between the two, Henry?s character matures and his priorities are realized: romantic love usurps his desire to be a hero. Amid this background and setting of death and bloodshed, Hemingway introduces the theme of the fundamentally bleak nature of human existence, for in spite of their love, Henry and Catherine cannot find lasting happiness. The conflict between love and war and the universal struggle for meaning is played out against this backdrop. Frederick Henry?s internal strife parallels the bloody fights that surround him, and through his role in the army and his role in his relationship with Catherine, the character proves the primacy of love."
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Hemingway?s ?Farewell to Arms?, 2004.
This paper discusses Hemingway?s ?Farewell to Arms?, a quasi-autobiographical novel, which echoes Hemingway?s life and serves as a commentary on the times and Hemingway?s character.
2,060 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that ?A Farewell to Arms?, a novel of war and love, consists of two parts. The part before his surgery and convalescence at Milan, including Frederic Henry?s wounding, and the part after he returns to the front. The author points out that Hemingway uses rain as a good or bad portent in almost every part of the novel, and it serves as a metaphor on numerous occasions. The paper relates that Hemingway was an alcoholic, and alcoholism plays an important role in ?Farewell to Arms?, thus showing a slice of Ernest Hemingway?s life.
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"Catherine Barkley, in the novel, has many suitors, including a Dr. Rinaldi, a physician assigned to Henry?s ambulance corps. Rinaldi, recognizing the extent of Henry?s feelings, backs away from his pursuit of Nurse Barkley. This way, Hemingway felt that he had complete ascendancy over Catherine?s very being. The love affair between Catherine and Frederic is not of mutual give and take. Catherine is completely giving of her body mind and soul. Frederic does not reciprocate any of this; indeed, he is constantly demanding. When he wrote the novel, Hemingway was older. He was married and divorced to his first wife Hadley. His real life wife, Pauline, was pregnant with his child and had a difficult cesarean birth around the time the novel was completed--almost a decade after World War I ended. This was the difficulty of childbirth that Hemingway forced upon the character of Hemingway attributed to his characters his feelings of that time. Catherine also combined the characteristics of both Hadley and Pauline."
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Hemingway's Philosophy in "A Farewell to Arms", 2003.
This research paper looks at Hemingway's ideals, as demonstrated through "A Farewell to Arms".
1,548 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The parallels between Hemingway's life and his key character, Henry, are proof of Hemingway's use of the novel as a personal metaphor for his life. This paper explains how, drawing on experiences and emotions, the author conveys his philosophy on life, death, and love, while reliving a portion of his life in a manner that allowed him to control the outcome.
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"Ernest Hemingway infuses his novel, A Farewell to Arms, with his personal philosophy of life and death. As a man who had suffered through war, flawed relationships, and despair, Hemingway is able to animate the characters as they encounter a similar range of predicaments. Hemingway?s life experience is not only a fuel for vibrant characters, but also an outlet to release pain. With insight of the author?s life, one can almost see the book as a pseudo-autobiography in which Hemingway can relive events and alter the outcome."
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Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", 2001.
Looks at how Hemingway's own personal experiences shaped "A Farewell to Arms."
1,545 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 1 source, $ 50.95
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"All fiction is autobiographical, no matter how obscure from the author's experience it may be, marks of their life can be detected in any of their tales. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is based largely on Hemingway's own personal experiences. The main character of the novel, Frederic Henry, experiences many of the same situations that Hemingway lived. Some of these similarities are exact, while some are less similar, and some events have a completely different outcome. "
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Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", 2002.
A book review of the Hemingway classic.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms". It looks at the historical setting, symbolism, language, structure, masculinity and naturalist themes within the work. It concludes that Hemingway himself was the model for Frederic, the primary character of the novel.
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'A Farewell to Arms' by Earnest Hemingway, 2006.
A review of Earnest Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'.
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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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"A Farewell To Arms" by Earnest Hemingway, 2002.
An analysis of the characters and Frederic in "A Farewell To Arms" by Earnest Hemingway.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper will discuss the relationship that exists between Catherine and Frederic in "A Farewell To Arms by Earnest Hemingway". An argument will be made that love and war can co exist together under the premise that love is not an answer to horrors of it, but rather, it can help to make life better, even though the tragic implications in Hemingway's writing tell us differently.
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"The Sun Also Rises" & "A Farewell To Arms" ( Hemingway ) & "The Great Gatsby" ( Fitzgerald ), 1993.
Compares authors' explorations of the hero code.
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" This paper will discuss the hero code as seen in three novels: The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms, both by Ernest Hemingway, and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The main character in each of these novels is a tragic figure who is frustrated in his love for a woman. In The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes cannot fulfill his love for Brett Ashley because a war wound has left him impotent. In A Farewell to Arms, Frederick Henry succeeds in escaping from the front in World War One with his lover, Catherine Barkley; however, she then dies while trying to give birth to his child. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby has an idealized love for Daisy, the woman he lost many years earlier to Tom Buchanan. Unfortunately, Gatsby's hope for regaining Daisy's love is based on the impractical notion that he can somehow turn back time and relive the past."
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?A Farewell to Arms?, 2002.
A review of Ernest Hemingway's novel ?A Farewell to Arms?.
1,446 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines Ernest Hemingway's novel ?A Farewell to Arms?, based on Hemingway's memories of driving an ambulance during World War I. Many of Hemingway's novels are semi-autobiographical and the character of Frederic Henry is in fact modelled on himself and part of the story on his relationship with his wife. It shows that while this is a novel of memory, it is also a novel of self-discovery, structured to show the self-exploration and self-discovery of Frederic who's character changes from the beginning of the novel to the end. It analyzes how the title of the novel has a dual meaning, for by the end of the novel the Frederic Henry will have been tested by arms, meaning the tools of war and he will have been held by the arms of his wife. He says farewell to both, to the war as he deserts and to his wife because she dies.
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"It is, of course, through his relationship with Catherine that his ability to care is brought forth most clearly so that it becomes a part of his overt personality. Catherine, for her part, is drawn to Frederic precisely because he is not deceptive, whether that is because he does not care enough or not. Catherine "defines herself as someone living life as fully as she can" (Hays 62), and "her love and devotion convert Frederic Henry from a selfish, uncaring individual to one who loves, who shares, and who serves others" (Hays 62). The relationship mirrors the one Hemingway himself had with Agnes, as noted, and he uses the story in the novel as a metaphor for his reality."
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"A Farewell to Arms", 2007.
An analysis of the love affair of the main character in Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms."
1,482 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper reviews Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms." It particularly discusses the issue of love in a world of violence, that of World War I. The paper analyzes the main character, Lieutenant Henry and follows his love affair with a nurse in order to illustrate this point. The paper analyzes his language, as well as the circumstances he finds himself in and concludes that love does not turn out to be a refuge for Henry from violence.
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"Henry's love for Catherine and her love for him did not turn out to be a permanent saving grace for either of them. The violent birth of their stillborn child killed Catherine, and Henry reflects sadly that "it did not take her very long to die" (331). He attempts to find closure in saying goodbye to the dead Catherine, but is unable to because "it was like saying good-by to a statue" (332). Even the love the two had shared cannot be spared the violence, death, and destruction that was happening all around them in the war. Escaping the war turned out to be no escape at all for them. Henry's love made him happy while it lasted, but its end affected him far longer that the time it had actually endured. The future, too, was tainted by the fact that he could feel no affection or love for the tiny stillborn son. There is no suggestion that the love between Catherine and Henry will sustain him against a world of violence."
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"A Farewell to Arms", 2008.
An analysis of the inevitability of despair in war in Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms".
1,592 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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The paper discusses how in "A Farewell to Arms," Ernest Hemingway chronicles the life of Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army during World War I. The paper examines how Hemingway contrasts the death and despair of war with the loving relationship between Henry and an English nurse. The paper explains that this relationship, although an escape from the despondency of battle, actually culminates in more pain and misery, thus highlighting how despair is inevitable in war.
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"In his partially autobiographical novel, A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway chronicles the life of Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army during World War I. Hemingway conveys the idea of insensibility shared by Henry and the other soldiers and army personnel as they take pleasure in unscrupulous living and overt excess. Symbolic in nature, their unrestrained behavior discloses the sense of hopelessness felt among the soldiers as they realize the futility of war. Amid the tumultuous events taking place on the battlefield, Hemingway contrasts the death and despair with the loving relationship between Henry and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley. This relationship appears to be an escape from the despondency so prevalent on the frontlines of battle. However, Henry and Catherine's relationship culminates in more pain and misery as Hemingway weaves a tale that illuminates the insensate horror and devastation born out of war."
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