Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms

#2 “Perhaps wars weren’t won anymore,” Henry muses. “Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years’ War” (Chapter XIX) the tactics and strategy of war have changed since Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms. Research the facts of World War I in Italy, military technology, and strategy. Write a historical essay on how actual events have been depicted in the novel. How does Hemingway’s tale follow or diverge from the actual events of the war? How might this affect an interpretation of the novel?

World War I also known as The Great War started on July 28th 1914 and came to an end on November 11, 1918. The commencement of this war was triggered when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. This war was mainly concentrated in …show more content…
As many can imagine, the trenches were unsanitary, the stench and dirt were not the main concerns that soldiers faced. Instead the soldiers who remained in the trenches did not only fear for the oncoming attacks from their enemies but also from diseases such as trench foot, cholera, and any diseases that the rat may have carried. These trenches were created by the unity of British and French forces along with enforcement of the Chinese. During World War I, various weapons were created and introduced. These weapons were poisonous gases, flame throwers, grenades, tanks, torpedoes, underwater and land mines, rifles, pistols, hand guns, gun powder, bayonets and enduring artillery. Along with enhanced weapon selection, the battles grounds took a turn. Although there were numerous amount of trench warfare, the air and the sea opened the door to advancement of airborne and water weapons. The advancement of technologies for these new battlegrounds were aerial force operations such as spying, bombing, and the new attachment with machine guns; while underwater submarines carried sonar and torpedoes and battleships harbor the weapon supplies along with its own arsenal of fire …show more content…
Throughout the book, Hemingway writes as if he is Lieutenant Henry living in a small Italian village during World War I. The reason for Hemingway to write in this format is that he has personally served in the war, and felt by writing through his own perspective will be more impactful. Hemingway has gone through a fatal love affair. In the novel, Henry was injured where he was then taken to the hospital where the woman he loves was transferred to work there. Catherine who is a nurse in Milan helps Frederic when he is injured by a shell. Catherine and Henry are deeply in

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