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Justify the title A Farewell To Arms Significance of the Title ‘A Farewell to Arms' A giant in the field of American literary modernism, Ernest Hemingway has long been called an important spokesman for the “ lost generation”   of disillusioned, war-torn young Americans.   In   ‘A Farewell to Arms’ , Hemingway uses his characteristic unadorned prose, clipped dialogue, and understatement to convey an essentially cynical view of the world. It is the title of the novel,   A Farewell to Arms , itself that first catches the attention.   Critics are basically in agreement that there are two straightforward interpretations of   ‘A Farewell to Arms’ , with a pun on the word 'Arms'. The hero, Fredrick Henry, bids farewell to 'arms', as in weapons, and also, when Catherine dies, to the loving 'arms' of a human being. Hemingway consciously borrowed his title from the 16 th   century English poet George Peele.   He ...

Fredrick Henry: Hemingway’s Code Hero A farewell to Arms:  Concept of code hero.  Hemingway's hero   Lt. Fredric Henry, the protagonist in  A Farewell to Arms , exemplifies Hemingway's code hero in several ways. Like a typical Hemingway’s hero he is a wounded man not only physically but also psychologically. He is a man who engages in life, rather than observing it as a bystander. He maintains self-control in the face of overwhelming adversity, and he does not demonstrate self-pity. Like  Hemingway’s other code heroes, Lt. Henry is existentially removed from the world. He possesses personal integrity, often feels isolated and remains stoic for most of the time. He is a rationalist and pragmatist who brings everything to the test of experience. Most of all, Lt. Henry functions as a Hemingway code hero because he faces life with courage, and he endures life with dignity. The character of Lt. Henry is a prime example of a Hemingway hero. He sh...

Arms and the Man:   Major Themes The themes of “Arms and the Man” are love and war and these two themes have been welded into a single whole with great skill. Shaw has shown that it is the romance of war that leads to the romance of love. His treatment of these two themes is characterized by realism. The contrast between realism and idealism is constantly stressed, and this results in a number of entertaining situations. As the play opens, we are introduced to Raina, a pretty, young lady with romantic views of love and war, the result of her reading Byron and Pushkin. She stands on the balcony of her bedroom admiring the beauty of the night, and dreaming of her fiancée, Sergius, who is out on the front fighting the Serbs. Soon her mother enters the room to inform her that Sergius has become the hero as a result of his splendid victory in the battle. On his own initiative ignoring the orders of his Russian commander, he made a heroic charge on the artillery of the Se...