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Frederick Henry, A Farewell to Arms and the Allegory of "Home

Author: ZhangHaiXia
Tutor: LuoYiMin
School: Southwest China Normal
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: War Love Home
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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\The theme of the novel is the description of the imperialist war, to the young generation as well as the war left permanent physical and spiritual trauma. Since its inception in 1929, the novel, many domestic and international critics of the novel, especially novel actor Fredric Henry, divergent views were mixed. The negative attitude that he flightism egoist, epicurean, pessimist, pragmatist, and so was the role of Henry. While others think he is a bow to fate, \This article does not judge Henry is a positive character or a negative characters, just by his behavior and emotional journey to be the understanding that he is a desire to have a home of their own homes of ordinary people. On the other hand, the paper revealed a hidden fact that in the novel, it is Hemingway in his heart also, like Henry looking for \This paper consists of four parts: the first chapter a brief summary of the author and novel, and a review of different evaluation of the fictional man - Fredric Henry. Farewell to the arms \Hemingway, by Henry the mouth to express themselves on the capitalist world and even the attitude of the whole of life. Henry's are thinking, actions are closely linked with Hemingway's own experience, including his war experiences and the love story and even the parents of his childhood. All this is prompted Henry to find the root causes of the \The second chapter is the full text of the main part of which consists of three sections. The first section to show Henry the process of looking for a \That Henry's change in attitude of war to play a key role in the process he sought the \The novel has a lot of \But they do not which one is he wants to find the home. He envy save disabilities hometown - \For the latter two, he was not a good impression. He wants a really belongs to his family. The second section is about Henry found his \Henry she is not in love at first sight. First, Henry treated him and Catherine's relationship is like a bet bet not know what game. Later, his beloved Catherine felt Catherine Where, where is his home. The third section is Henry eventually lost his \End of the novel Henry \The third chapter describes the rain to find a \Rain is like a the chorus never stop, until Catherine died in a hospital ward. Therefore, the role played by the rain in the novel is very obvious from the start Bu to the end, to create the atmosphere of a tragedy. In such an atmosphere, the fate of the characters closely linked, and as a the disaster symbol of the rain-bearing-bearing rain implied readers what will befall the hero who, at the same time indicates to the reader of the final outcome of the Henry. The fourth chapter is the conclusion. Everyone is eager to own their own home, Henry is no exception, he is also an ordinary person. Readers accept him not as the hero of the novel world but an ordinary life around them, because everything occurs in the body of Henry the same will happen to them, they are happy with Henry happiness, sadness Henry sadness . Henry tragedy no longer belonged to him personally, but it belongs to the whole of human society. Therefore, it is the people living in war or peace era will get an important revelation, the war is not home and happiness.

Frederick Henry, A Farewell to Arms and the Allegory of "Home

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