A Farewell to Arms like a modern Romeo and Juliet A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway, is a typical love story. A Romeo and his Juliet set against all odds. In this novel, Romeo is Frederick Henry and Juliet is Catherine Barkley. Their love story must survive the obstacles of the First World War. The backdrop of war-torn Italy adds to the tragedy of the love story. War affects the emotions and values ​​of each character. Catherine and Frederick's love must survive long separations, life-threatening war situations, and uncertainty about each other's whereabouts or condition. This novel is a beautiful love story of two people who need each other in a time of upheaval. Frederick Henry is an American who serves as a lieutenant in the Italian army for a group of ambulance drivers. Hemingway portrays Frederick as a lost man searching for order and value in his life. Federico does not agree with the war he is fighting. It's too chaotic and immoral for him to rationalize the cause. He fights anyway, because the army imposes some form of discipline in his life. At the beginning of the novel, Federico drinks and travels from one house of prostitution to another and yet he is unhappy because his life is very unstable. He befriends a priest because he admires the fact that the priest lives his life according to a set of values ​​that give him an orderly lifestyle. Later in the novel, Frederick becomes involved with Catherine Barkley. He slowly falls in love with her and, in his love for her, finds commitment. Their relationship brings some order and value to his life. Compared to this new form of order in his life, Federico sees the losing Italian army as total chaos and disorder where he had previously seen discipline and control. He can no longer remain part of something so messy and so he deserts the Italian army. Frederick's desertion from the Italian army is the turning point of the novel. This is the meaning of the title, A Farewell to Arms. WHEN YOU USE SOMEONE ELSE'S WRITINGS OR WORDS YOU MUST PUT THESE WORDS IN QUOTES AND GIVE THE NAMES OF THE AUTHORS AND WHERE YOU FOUND THE QUOTE. When Frederick puts aside his involvement in the war, he realizes that Catherine is the order and value in his life and that he needs nothing else to give meaning to his life. At the conclusion of this novel, Federico realizes that he cannot base his life on another person or thing because, in the end, they will leave or disappoint him. He realizes that the order and values ​​necessary to face the world must come from within himself. Catherine Barkley is an English volunteer nurse serving in Italy. She is considered very experienced when it comes to love and loss as she has already had to deal with the death of a loved one when her fiancé was killed at the start of the war. The reader does not know Caterina's inner thoughts and feelings as well as we know Federico's. The story is told through Federico's eyes and the reader encounters Caterina only through the dialogue between her and Federico or through his personal interpretations of his actions. Catherine already possesses the awareness that her life cannot depend on another. She learned this lesson through the death of her fiancé. Her love for Frederick is what her life revolves around, but she knows she shouldn't rely on him to be the order in her life. If she had depended on Frederick for order in her life, she could not have allowed him to participate in the war for fear of losing her own stability with his death. The theme that Hemingway emphasizes throughout the novel is thesearch for order in a chaotic world. Hemingway conveys this through Frederick's personal quest during the chaos of World War I. Catherine found the strength within herself to guide her through life. This is what Federico must understand. THESE SENTENCES WOULD BE GOOD MATERIAL FOR AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOCUSED ON HENRYS' DISCIPLINE. Through his involvement with Catherine, Frederick slowly finds his own inner strength. Frederick's affair with Catherine pushes him to leave his wild life of prostitution and drinking. He notices an element of stability in their relationship and realizes that the war he was involved in was too chaotic, so he deserts the army. He and Catherine build a life totally isolated from everything and everyone else. Federico believes that his life is now completely in order and that his values ​​are in perspective, yet he still seems unhappy. He must continually convince himself that he has "a good life." She has not yet reached Catherine's level of being perfectly happy in their love and yet not dependent on it for all comfort and support. Frederick has yet to find it within himself. Until the novel's conclusion, Frederick still relies on Catherine as a source of order in his life. With the end of their relationship when Catherine dies giving birth to their stillborn son, Frederick realizes that he cannot depend on any person, such as Catherine, or on anything, such as religion, war or frivolity, for order and discipline. Hemingway best describes Frederick's epiphany in the final paragraph of the novel, when Frederick sees Catherine's corpse for the first and last time. Federico's reaction was that "it was like saying goodbye to a statue". YOU SHOULD CITE ALL QUOTES. IN PARENTHESES, AFTER THE CITATION, INDICATE THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR AND THE PAGE NUMBER ON WHICH THE CITATION IS FOUND. Federico realizes that Caterina was only a symbol of order and strength in his life. The strength to face life must come from within him and only he will be able to face his life. He will have to learn to depend on himself. Frederick realizes this and is able to move on with his life. “After a while [he] went out, left the hospital and went back to the hotel in the rain.” IT IS STILL NECESSARY TO CITE THE AUTHOR AND THE PAGE NUMBER. He did not cry or feel like his life had ended with his death, rather he was able to move forward with his newfound inner strength and face his world on his own. This novel succeeds in conveying Hemingway's message. Federico's realization causes the reader to reflect on his own life and what institutions he depends on in his life. PAY ATTENTION TO THE PLURAL/SINGULAR AGREEMENT OF NOUNS. I liked this novel because I learned together with Frederick that I have to face my life alone. The strength to face my problems cannot come from any other source because no other source can ever be as permanent as the strength I can find within myself. THE CONCLUSION IS GOOD. YOUR PARAGRAPHS NEED TO BE BETTER ORGANIZED TO SHOW HENRYS'S CHANGING FOCUS ON DISCIPLINE AND ORDER. HENRY BEGINS THE NOVEL BY FOCUSING HIS DISCIPLINE AND ORDER ON THE ARMY, THEN MOVES TO CATHERINE AND FINALLY TO HIMSELF. YOUR PARAGRAPHS SHOULD REFLECT THIS CHANGE. DEDICATES A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH TO EACH FOCUS, ONE FOR THE ARMY, A SECOND FOR CATHERINE, AND A THIRD PARAGRAPH FOR HENRY HIMSELF. DO NOT JUMP FROM FIRE TO FIRE. MAKE SURE TO UNDERLINE THE TITLES OF THE NOVELS. ALSO NO ADDITIONAL SPACE IS NECESSARY BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS. ENTRY IS ENOUGH TO REPORT A NEW PARAGRAPH. AN EXAMPLE OF A CITED QUOTE: In the late summer of that year we lived in a house.