A Farewell to Arms Summary
Ernest Hemingway

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A Farewell to Arms Summary

A Farewell To Arms was first published in 1929 and is widely considered to be one of the most realistic novels dealing with World War I. Ernest Hemingway wrote the novel as a semi-autobiographical response to his own experiences working as a volunteer ambulance driver for the Italian Army. Hemingway’s reputation for being a straightforward, non-flowery writer of contemporary literature was secured with the publication of A Farewell To Arms, and...

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A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. After a brief stint as a reporter for the Kansas City Star, Hemingway joined a volunteer Am... Read more

Ernest Hemingway Biographies (6)

Ernest Hemingway

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Few writers have made their mark on American letters and American culture like Ernest Hemingway. Bursting on the American literary scene in 1925 with the publication of the short story collection In O... Read more

Ernest Miller Hemingway

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Ernest Miller Hemingway (1898-1961), American Nobel Prize-winning author, was one of the most celebrated and influential literary stylists of the 20th century.Ernest Hemingway was a legend in his own ... Read more

Ernest (Miller) Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway was twenty-two years old when he arrived in Paris in late December 1921. He had taken part in World War I as a volunteer ambulance driver, and after his experiences in Europe during t... Read more

Ernest (Miller) Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of American writers. He is seen variously as a sensitive and dedicated artist and as a hedonistic adventurer, as a literary poseur... Read more

Ernest (Miller) Hemingway

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"Any man's life, told truly," Ernest Hemingway wrote in Death in the Afternoon (1932), "is a novel," and he strove to lead a life "better than any picaresque novel you ever read." The mention of hi... Read more

Ernest Miller Hemingway

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Biography EssayErnest Hemingway is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of American writers. He is seen variously as a sensitive and dedicated artist and as a hedonistic adventurer, as a ... Read more

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Critical Review by T. S. Matthews

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Frederick Henry's Search

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In A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway introduces to the reader a character by the name of Frederick Henry. Henry had a goal to become a hero, and throughout the novel I feel that he proved he was.... Read more

Language Analysis: Hemingway's a Farewell to Arms

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In the first chapter of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway uses imagery to express his negative opinion of war disrupting a peaceful setting. The countryside setting is a picture of a peaceful an... Read more

Analysis of "Farewell to Arms"

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Rain "You're not really afraid of the rain are you"" "Not when I'm with you." "Why are you afraid of it"" "I don't know." "Tell me." "Don't make me." "Tell me." "No." "Tell me." "All right. ... Read more

Analysis of Hemingway's Play on Words in "A Farewell to Arms"

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Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway uses different idiomatic resources, such as wordplay, satire and word jokes, to develop the actions of his main character, Fredrick Henry. The play on words p... Read more

Modern Features of "A Farewell to Arms" Viewed Trhrough the Main Characters of the Novel.

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is considered one of the great novels of World War I. It introduces the theme of love, while war occupies all of Europe. It is a complex novel with man... Read more

The Great War: Hemingway

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At the turn of the century when discussing the subject of war there was only one Latin ideal which could come to mind: " Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori"; it is sweet and proper to die for one'... Read more

Symbolic Meaning of Rain in "A Farewell to Arms"

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Rain: symbolizes death because every time rain is mentioned it is followed by death. In the beginning, the author states that when rain comes so does cholera, a deadly disease that kills. In addition,... Read more

Betrayal in "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Stranger"

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When writing a catching story, authors must use actions from real life in order to get the readers attention. In life, when a person does something they know they shouldn't, th... Read more

Symbolism in A Farewell to Arms

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Author Ernest Hemingway uses many different symbols in his novel A Farewell to Arms. One of the most used symbols is nature. Nature varies from the different seasons to weather. He uses symbo... Read more

Courage, Symbolism, and Change in a Farewell to Arms

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Courage, the state of mind that helps one overcome fear, symbolism, the revelation of intangible conditions, and change, the alteration of one's morals for better or for worse. These three subjects c... Read more

Chapter Summaries of Farewell to Arms

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Chapter I: In the First chapter of this novel I am a little surprised at the description of the area that the main character is in. I expected more from the author. It is described as a battle zone a... Read more

The Effects of War in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms, such simple words with such great meaning. When we first received the novel from our English teacher I sat there and snared at him with anger about having to read another war nove... Read more

A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms is a romance novel that takes place during the First World War in the year 1916. The setting plays a key role in the novel because it contains both mountains and plains. Each of ... Read more

A Farewell to Arms

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Rain, the seasons, and the mountains are symbols in the novel, A Farewell to Arms, that kept reappearing. Rain is symbolic of terrible events and death. In the novel it is raining when ever something ... Read more

Love as a Religion in a Farewell to Arms

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In this world in which everything ends and death is inevitable, it is common to search for some type of comfort. There are two main things that people rely on for this feeling of safety and happiness... Read more

Ernest Hemingway V. Frederic Henry in a Farewell to Arms

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Ernest Hemingway: The Man within Each Person Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21,1899, in Oak Park Illinois (Pratt 11). He was the second oldest child in a family of six children. Ernest's mother, G... Read more

Free Book Notes (1)

A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms Book Notes is a free study guide on A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary ... Read more

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