Say goodbye to weapons
The novel "Farewell to Arms" should be classified as historical romance. Many people who read this book can interpret it as a war novel, but in fact it is one of the great romantic novels written at the time. As you read this book, you will notice that every important event of the war is covered by a strong love story behind it.
The love story revolves around two people, Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley. Frederick was a young American ambulance driver who was with the Italian army during the First World War. He met a beautiful British nurse Catherine in front of Italy and Austria. At first, Frederick's relationship with Catherine included a game based on his attempt to lure her. He did try to kiss her and was quickly slapped by an offended Catherine. In the later stages of the story, Frederick was injured and sent to the American hospital where Catherine worked. Here, he found a part of his love that he had never had before. This is where his feelings for Catherine become very obvious. Their relationship progressed and they began to have passionate love.
Frederick stayed at the hospital and returned to the front line of the war. During this time, Hemingway expressed Frederick's love for Catherine. Obviously, Frederick was distracted by his love for Catherine.
During the massive withdrawal of the Austrians and the Germans, the Italian army became chaotic and chaotic. Frederick was forced to shoot a engineer sergeant under his command and was arrested for the accident of the Italian military police. Frederick hated the army and faced death. He decided he had had enough of the war; he sneaked into the river to escape.
After swimming to safety, Frederick took the train and reunited with Catherine. She is pregnant with children. With the help of an Italian bartender, Catherine and Frederick fled to Switzerland and planned to marry after the baby was born. When Catherine went to work, the doctor suddenly noticed that her pelvis was too narrow to give birth. He tried unsuccessful caesarean section and died of babies during childbirth. For Frederick, her body is like a statue; he walked back to the hotel, but did not find a way to say goodbye, it seems to have been lost forever.
I find it obvious that there are many foreshadows and symbolic meanings in this story, especially about the rain. When some bad things happen and when Catherine and Frederick are separated, the rain seems to be always nearby. When they were together, the rain suddenly disappeared. It seems that Hemingway is using rainwater as a means to show Frederick's generally hidden emotions.
I like this book very much, but at the end of this story I still have a lot of uncertainty. Does Catherine really love Frederick? Does he really love her? Are they just looking for a closure during the difficult times of their lives? I do believe that they really love each other, but Hemingway is somewhat unclear.
Orignal From: Ernest Hemingway bid farewell weapon - Book Review
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