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hemingway Farwell to Arms - Coggle Diagram
hemingway Farwell to Arms
Frederick falls in love Barkley, he meets her in Milan
Frederick returns to Caporetto but he decides to desert the army
Henry and Catherine escape to Switzerland, she dies giving birth to the baby, who also dies
war and love
characters remain ambivalent about war, there is a description of several characters, about their mind
novel is a brutal description about war: a cruel, senseless world , it refuses to acknowledge , protect and preserve true love
but it offers a deep meditation of the nature of love, protagonists find a temporary happiness and relief from suffering, but it is a temporary love.
love is better than abstractal ideas
loyalty and abandonment apply equally well to love and war
style
first person narrator
Henry is full of noble ideas
language is simple and straightforward, but the active partecipation of the reader is required
meaning: not revealed throught suggestions, omissions and direct speech
we should......over
Henry and 5 soldiers are talking about war
5 italian soldiers: they sustain that war will never end until one side decides to stop
Henry is Ernest, he talks about his experience
henry:if they stop fighting, enemies would attack and they would need to defend
Henry and Passini leave the camp with other soldiers, Passini dies and Henry is wounded in the leg
line 65-66 synesthesia: "flash" (see), "blast-furnace" (feel), "roar" (sound)