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1、The relationship between love, war and religion in A Farewell to ArmsI. Introduction“A Farewell to Arms” is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Miller Hemingway. This novel mainly talks about the love affair between an ambulance driver and an English nurse in times of world war I. Just a
2、s the word-“arms” implies, the protagonist in the novel not only made his farewell to the brutal war but also to his memorable love, while one can be the cruelest thing in the world and the other is the nicest. By telling the deep but tragic love between Henry and Catherine, Hemingway disclosed the
3、brutality and inhumanity of the war and how it flourished and undermined this relationship. Besides love and war, there is another significant theme in this book-religion, as there are plenty of conversations about religion in this novel. Hemingway expressed this thinking towards religion in those c
4、onversations through Henrys view. This essay mainly talks about the relationship of these three themes in A Farewell to Arms.II. Content2.1 The relationship between love and war.As the protagonist Henry meets the nurse Catherine Barkley during the wartime and gradually falls in love with her through
5、 all the accidents happened then, we can draw the conclusion that their love is coming in the war and out of the war. If there is no war and Henry and Catherine were not involved in the war, they may never meet. If war is not so harsh and get Henry wounded, or Catherine was not a nurse severing the
6、army in time of war, their love can hardly find ground to grow and flourish. In their first a few meetings, they do not have any sincere feeling towards each other, as Catherine seeks solace for the death of her fiance, which is another tragedy caused by war, and Henry was looking for an entertainme
7、nt. At first, their declaration of love is transparent: Catherine reminds Henry several times that their courtship is a game,and Henry cajoles Catherine when he says “I do love you”. After Henry is wounded, however, his desire for Catherine and the comfort and support that she offers becomes more th
8、an a distraction from the worlds unpleasantness, his love begins to sustain him and blossoms into something undeniably real. Catherines feelings for Henry follow a similar path. It is the psychological pressure from the war that results the start of their love, for people want to escape from the har
9、sh reality. Henry gets involved with Catherine to escape the insanity of war. The extreme situation of war and fate allows both of them to be thrown together and fall in love. It provides them emotionally with a private place, where they can evade the horrible realities of war occurring in and aroun
10、d they.In a so hopeless and cruel world, no cure can be as effective as love.It is true that war starts the love between Henry and Catherine. But it doesnt at the same time bestow the love a happy and smooth development, it leads to the love, sublimes the love and eventually damages the love. Throug
11、hout the novel, Henry is never staying in one place too long. Shortly after Henry and Catherine fall in love with each other, Henry was wounded in the legs when he is on duty at the front, and was later transferred to an American hospital in Milan. Thus they were firstly separated. Fortunately Cathe
12、rine came to that hospital later and their love experiences a short period of prosperity. However, pleasant time is always short. Later Henry had to go to the front again, leaving the pregnant Catherine alone in Milan. Finally when they abandoned the war and went to Switzerland, Catherine died for d
13、ifficult labor, leaving Henry alone. Just as the background of war-torn Italy, the war covers love a tragic sense, while it affects the emotions and values of each character. The love between Catherine and Henry must outlast long separations, life-threatening wartime situations, and the uncertainty
14、of each others whereabouts or condition.In this novel, Hemingway suggests that war is nothing more than the dark, murderous extension of a world that refuses to acknowledge or preserve true love.A Farewell to Arms, a phrase the can be interpreted as running away or deserting the army. Running away i
15、s exactly what Henry is doing when he makes his peace; after changing clothes, he refuses to read about the war in the newspapers, obtaining a temporary peace by ignoring the war. Obviously, this is a false peace. Running away is the only thing Henry can do to sustain his fake peace. He had separate
16、d himself from war for he has no place in it at all, mentally or physically. Moreover, like the symbol “rain”, war is ubiquitous in this novel. Their flight to Switzerland placed Henry and Catherine in a world where everything seems peaceful. But neither of them notices the falseness of the peace, nor realizes the impending danger. Catherine comments, Isnt it fine rain? They never had rain like this in Italy. It is cheerful rain This i
