A Farewell to Arms hardly ends with a happy ending. We are confronted with such sadness in the harsh reality of how the war has affected Fredrick Henry’s life; his past, present, and future. In life though not everything is a Fairytale with grand endings and forever loves, that’s just the reality of it. Ernest Hemingway’s book is categorized fiction, but in something this complex and sad, we know that there is a biography being told, perhaps a moment of autobiography, because whether we want to like it or not, our heart is invested into the characters just like the author. Our investment makes us defensive, therefore I must justify Ernest Hemingway’s ending of A Farewell to Arms by showing the importance of expressing it’s theme of loss ness and in the hardships of reality, in his relationships with other characters, and his belief in faith. With this you will see that the ending is well justified as magnificent.
How do we know to truly appreciate something if we don’t know that it......
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