Plot Overview Lieutenant Frederic Henry is a young American ambulance driver serving in the Italian army during World War I. At the beginning of the novel, the war is winding down with the onset of winter, and Henry arranges to tour Italy. The following spring, upon his return to the front, Henry meets Catherine Barkley, an English nurse's aide at the nearby British hospital and the love interest of his friend Rinaldi. Rinaldi, however, quickly fades from the picture as Catherine and Henry become involved in an elaborate game of seduction. Grieving the recent death of her fiancé, Catherine longs for love so deeply that she will settle for the illusion of it. Her passion, even though pretended, wakens a desire for emotional interaction in Henry, whom the war has left coolly detached and numb. When Henry is wounded on the battlefield, he is brought to a hospital in Milan to recover. Several doctors recommend that he stay in...
Analysis of Major Characters Frederic Henry - In the sections of the novel in which he describes his experience in the war, Henry portrays himself as a man of duty. He attaches to this understanding of himself no sense of honor, nor does he expect any praise for his service. Even after he has been severely wounded, he discourages Rinaldi from pursuing medals of distinction for him. Time and again, through conversations with men like the priest, Ettore Moretti, and Gino, Henry distances himself from such abstract notions as faith, honor, and patriotism. Concepts such as these mean nothing to him beside such concrete facts of war as the names of the cities in which he has fought and the numbers of decimated streets. Against this bleak backdrop, Henry's reaction to Catherine Barkley is rather astonishing. The reader understands why Henry responds to the game that Catherine proposes--why he pledges his love to a woman he barely kn...
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Grim Reality of War - As the title of the novel makes clear, A Farewell to Arms concerns itself primarily with war, namely the process by which Frederic Henry removes himself from it and leaves it behind. The few characters in the novel who actually support the effort--Ettore Moretti and Gino--come across as a dull braggart and a naïve youth, respectively. The majority of the characters remain ambivalent about the war, resentful of the terrible destruction it causes, doubtful of the glory it supposedly brings. The novel offers masterful descriptions of the conflict's senseless brutality and violent chaos: the scene of the Italian army's retreat remains one of the most profound evocations of war in American literature. As the neat columns of men begin to crumble, so too do the soldiers' nerves, minds, and cap...
Esimesed romaanid 1926. a. ilmus ta romaan ,,Ja päike tõuseb" (,,And the Sun Also Rises"), mis räägib rühma Esimese maailmasõja järgsesse ,,kadunud põlvkonda" (Hemingway loodud mõiste) kuuluvate immigrantide sihitust elust Prantsusmaal ja Hispaanias. Selle kirjutamiseks sai ta inspiratsiooni oma reisist Hispaaniasse. Ta hakkas kirjutama ka lühijuttude kogumikku. Hemingwayl oli afäär Pauline Pfeifferiga ning Hadley sai sellest teada. Nad lahutasid abielu 1927. a. jaanuaris ning juba mais abiellus Hemingway Pauline'iga. Pauline oli Arkansasest pärit, ta pere oli jõukas ja katoliiklik. Enne abielu otsustas Hemingway hakata katoliiklaseks. Pauline kirjutas artikleid Vogue'i ja Vanity Fairi. 1928. a. kolis paar Key Westi, et alustada oma kooselu. Hemingway jätkas lühijuttude kirjutamist ning oli õnnelik, kuid varsti sooritas ta isa enesetapu. Hemingway oli väga kurb ning see inspireeris kirjutama romaani ,,Kellele lüüakse hingekella", mida h...
American literature The literary history of this nation when the first humanbeing living in what has since become the U.S used language creatively. · Mid to late 18 century put down · Words are powerful, magical · Words must be remembered · Native Americans stories creation of the world · Attidude thought their land/language · Similar stories Dates and names · America was discovered in 1492 by Columbus · 1497 John Cabot went to Canada · 1579 San Fransisco/St. Fransis · 1607 Jamestown collony/John Smith · 1620 a boat called MayFlower · 1630 Boston was established · 1636 Harvard University · 1773 Boston Teaparty · 1775 War of Independence · 1776 4 July Declaration of Independence · First President George Washington Christopher Columbus Chris...
Kirjanduse Secunda teine arvestus Pilet nr 1: 1) G. B. Shaw elu ja looming, ,,Pygmalion" Inglise teatri ja realistliku draama uuendajaks sai iiri päritolu näitekirjanik George Bernhard Shaw (1856 1950). Süstemaatilist kooliharidust saamata siirdus ta 1876. aastal Londonisse, kus püüdis edutult romaanikirjanikuna läbi lüüa. Kirjutas ka kunsti- ja muusikaarvustusi, kuid pühendus hiljem peamiselt teatrikriitikale. Shaw polnud teatrihuvilisena rahul tolleaegse inglise kodanliku teatriga, kes tema arvates seisis tegelikust elust väga kaugel, pakkudes publikule vaid tühist ajaviidet. Shaw´le meeldis Ibsen. Oma essees "Ibsenismi olemus" (1891) nõudis ta, et teater peab etendama ühiskonnas olulist rolli. Tema arvates pidi pearõhu asetama kaasaja probleeme käsitlevatele näidenditele. Liitunud "Sõltumatu Teatriga", otsustas Shaw hakata ise näidendeid kirjutama. · "Ebameeldivad näidendid" Esimene näidend "Leskmeest...
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