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A Farewell To Arms - Term Papers

A Farewell To Arms

[If The Sun Also Rises was one of the best books I have ever read, then A
Farewell to Arms is Truth. I simply cannot believe that these books existed so
long without my knowledge of how grand they are. I consider myself to read
constantly, more than almost anyone I know, literature and simple, and here in
less than a month I read two books that are undoubtedly among the best I have
encountered. How many other good books exist that I have yet to read? Am I
really a reader? Will I ever finish them all? What will I do if I tire of
reading?]

When I finished FTA I was of course stunned by the death of Catherine and the
baby and Henry's sudden solitude. "What happens now?" I felt, as I so often ...

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of life and the insignificance of our free
will are apparently the most important themes in the book, but I don't agree. I
also don't agree that it is a war story or a love story. Exactly what it is,
though, is not clear to me. Can't art exist without being anything? "There isn't
always an explanation for everything."

War and love are obviously important themes in the book, and the relationship
between the two is explored by Hemingway and, somewhat, by Henry. In the first
two Books we are in the war and the war is overwhelming. In the last two Books
we are in love. And, just as the first two Books are peppered with love in the
time of war, the last two Books are tinged with war in the time of love. The
third Book is the bridge between the two 'stories' and it is not surprising that
it centers on the escape. It is during the escape that Henry resolves that he is
through with the war (a war in which he really has no place) and decides that
all he wants is to be with ...

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Added: 8/7/2008 12:37:47 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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