Hemingways
Novel begins with a description of an Italian landscape and troops that regularly pass while fighting is taking place in the mountain regions. It continues through landscape and settles in the mess tent where Frederic Henry, the narrator and protagonist, is eating and drinking wine with other Italian officers and talking to the priest. Frederic Henry is an American expatriate who has become a lieutenant in the medical corps of the Italian army. His roommate, lieutenant Rinaldi, is also his closest friend and coworker in the medical division. Rinaldi says that he is in love with a British woman named Catherine Barkley and takes Frederic to meet Miss Barkley, where she and Frederic make an instant connection. The next evening, he calls her for a walk, which is the beginning of a relationship that will progress very quickly. In the beginning Catherine is not sure about her feelings, but Frederick expresses his love deeply despite uncertainty about his true feelings. However, he shows many signs that he prefers her company, and as time goes by, the relationship becomes closer and stronger until they completely fall in love. Soon after that, Frederic is required to go to the offensive, which takes him away from Catherine. O
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Approximate Word count = 1217
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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