Open AccessThe Theme of Love Against the Background of War in Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms
Author(s) -
Mayurkumar Mukundbhai Solanki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
smart moves journal ijellh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4406
pISSN - 2582-3574
DOI - 10.24113/ijellh.v9i5.11053
Subject(s) - witness , humanity , theme (computing) , love story , literature , first world war , psychoanalysis , history , spanish civil war , philosophy , art , law , psychology , political science , ancient history , theology , archaeology , computer science , operating system
Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms has autobiographical elements that reveal the author’s life story. Lt. Frederic Henry, the narrator, tells the story of his love affair with Catherine Barkley, a nurse in the hospital. Being an eye witness and served as a soldier during World War I, Hemingway seems to favour humanity, love and peace in the novel. He considers the war as futile and venomous for mankind. Hemingway himself passed through upheavals of life but there was a little hope to get love in life. Love brings liveliness to man’s life. Plato considered love as the solution to all the problems. This paper is a sincere effort to evaluate Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms as a tale of love against the background of the war.