青 岛 理 工 大 学毕 业 设 计（论 文）题目The Image of Rain in A Farewell to Arms《永别了，武器》中“雨”的意象 2010 年 6 月 3 日1 第 页 青岛理工大学毕业设计（论文）用纸摘要《永别了，武器》是美国小说家欧内斯特海明威的代表作他运用严峻的现实主义结合富有诗意的语言，对战争作了有力的抨击，同时向读者讲诉了一个动人的爱情故事本文以对文中“雨”的意象分析为基础来研究《永别了，武器》文中的不同场景下的“雨”不仅向我们展示了绝望，抑郁，悲伤，离别，焦虑，无助，而且还有死亡...本论文按小说故事情节的发展分为五个部分，从对作者及其作品的简要分析着笔，在向读者简单介绍作品情节的基础上逐一对文中男女主人公相遇，相识，相知，分别，重逢，永别等不同场景中的“雨”进行了剖析。
结合不同场景中“雨”所反映出的不同意象探索小说的主题——战争摧毁了人类的幸福文章标题点明告别了硝烟弥漫的战场，实际上，也暗示着告别爱情，由此推出“迷惘的一代”对“厌恶战争，呼吁和平”的衷心呼唤KEY WORDS:永别了武器，雨，意象，死亡，分别，战争，和平ABSTRACTA Farewell to Arms as the representative work of Ernest Hemingway is a combination of realism and poetic language presenting a powerful argument against war and telling a touching love story at the same time. This paper will make a thematic study on A Farewell to Arms based on the analysis of the image of rain in the novel. The image shows us not only the desperation, depression, sentiment, parting, anxiety, helplessness ,but also death…The exploration of the theme is made in five parts with the development of the plots. Starting from the brief analysis of the author and the work, the paper analyzes “rain” in the different scenarios of the story involving the hero and heroine’s encounter, acquaintance, departure, reunion and farewell. The image of rain in the different scenarios of the story is used to strike directly to the subject of the novel that is war destroys human being’s happiness. The title reveals that it is a story showing a farewell to battlefield, in fact it demonstrates a farewell to love, which, in turn expresses the heartfelt desire of the “Lost Generation” at that time — “aversion to war and call for peace”.KEY WORDS:A Farewell to Arms, rain, image, death, parting, war, peaceContentsIntroduction................................................................…………………………….… (8)Chapter One A Brief Introduction to the Author and the Novel………......…...... (10) 1.1 Brief introduction to Ernest Hemingway’s life........................................... (10) 1.2 About the novel................................................................……..…………. (11) 1.2.1 Outline of the novel........................................................................... (11) 1.2.2 The style and structure of the novel................................................... (12)Chapter Two Image of Rain Reflecting Desperation, Depression and Sentiment..(14) 2.1 The rain in nature, in the war and in the hospital....................................... (14) 2.2 The symbolism of the rain................................................................…...... (14)Chapter Three Image of Rain As a Symbol of Departure.......................................(16) 3.1 The rain in the railway station...............................................................…. (16) 3.2 The symbolism of the rain................................................................…….. (16)Chapter Four Image of Rain Reflecting Anxiety and Helplessness.......................(18) 4.1 The rain during their boating to Switzerland.............................................. (18) 4.2 The symbolism of the rain...............................................................……... (18)Chapter Five Image of Rain Symbolizing Death....................................................(20) 5.1 The rain in the child’s birth and after Catherine’s death............................. (20)5.2 The symbolism of the rain...............................................................……... (20)Conclusion................................................................……………………...…...….. (22)Acknowledgements................................................................………………….…. (23)Bibliography................................................................………………..…………... (24)IntroductionCreated by mankind with their own created weapons, war is still an inevitable topic of todays world. Ernest Hemingway, one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century, wrote “A Farewell to Arms” in a good wish. He wrote novels and short stories about outdoorsmen, expatriates, soldiers and other men of action. He took much of his life story line to his novel. His main representatives are The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom The Bell Tolls, In Love and War etc. A Farewell to Arms is his well-known early masterpiece. The novel, a love story, draws heavily on Hemingways experiences as a young soldier in Italy. It tells the story of Lieutenant Frederic Henry, a young American ambulance driver serving in the Italian army during World War I. After Henry is wounded at the front by a trench mortar shell, he 。