![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, none of the scenes between the two lovers hasĪs much electricity as the scenes where Frederick's Italian bunkmate kisses Him, romantic love between a man and a woman must have been especially In light of what we later learned about Hemingway's sexuality. That they present false facades to one another. The essayist's point was that the characters are merely playing out roles, One of the Websites below had an essay about role-playing in the novel. Because we don't feel much for them, it's hard to believe ![]() They are both so opaque that we struggle futilely to develop any empathyįor them. Those people who seem to be in love with the idea of being in love. By faux romantic, I mean that Hemingway has writtenĪn imitation of a love story. Trouble arises because this book is faux romanticĪnd truly Romantic. Now I'll be the first to admit that, not only am I not a romantic, I'mĪn anti Romantic. They flee to Switzerland where Catherine and her baby die during childbirth. He deserts following the Italian retreat after the Battle of Caporetto. Nurse, who tends him when he is wounded in an artillery barrage. He meets & woos Catherine Barkley, an English Frederick Henry is an American driving an ambulance for the ItalianĪrmy during WWI. ![]()
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