Ernest Hemingway(1899- 1961) Life experience thesecondofsixth children A happy boyhood (fond ofsportsandnature influenced by his father, musictaughtbyhis mother),lateraman with courage, endurance and creativity
Ernest Hemingway(1899- 1961) Leaving school at 17, he attempted to join the WWI, but he was refused for his bad eyesight, then heapplied for a job as a journalist Later accepted by the Red Cross as an ambulance driver and went to Europe
Ernest Hemingway(1899- 1961) a love affair with a 26-year-old nurse named Agnes when he was 19 in Europe two plane crashes and many injuries, back to America with 227 scars on his wounded leg, war experience affected his writing physically and mentally He has three children and four marriages He shot himself finally
Ernest Hemingway(1899- 1961) Title: ---the spokesman of the lost generation ---Nobel Prize in 1954
Ernest Hemingway(1899- 1961) 1925In Our Time(short stories) 1926 The Torrents of Spring The Sun Also Rises(first important novel) 1928A Farewell to Arms(Novel) 1940For Whom the Bell Tolls(Novel) 1952The Old Man and the Sea(Novel)
A Farewell to Arms Lieutenant Frederic Henry - The novel’s narrator and protagonist. A young American ambulance driver in the Italian army during WWI.
A Farewell to Arms He displays courage in battle, but all sense of glory and heroism for which Henry has little patience. His life lacks real passion until he meets the beautiful Catherine Barkley. Catherine Barkley- An English nurse’s aide who falls in love with Henry. Catherine is exceptionally beautiful and possesses, perhaps, the most sensuously described hair in all of literature.
A Farewell to Arms At the beginning of the novel, the war was winding down with the onset of winter, and Henry arranged to tour Italy. The following spring, upon his return to the front, Henry met Catherine Barkley. Grieving the recent death of her fiancé, Catherine longed for love deeply. When Henry was wounded on the battlefield, he was brought to a hospital in Milan to recover. Several doctors recommended that he stay in bed for six months and then undergo a necessary operation on his knee.
A Farewell to Arms Unable to accept such a long period of recovery, Henry found a bold, garrulous surgeon named Dr. Valentini who agrees to operate immediately. Henry learned happily that Catherine had been transferred to Milan and began his recuperation under her care. During the following months, their love became powerful and real. Soon he returned to the front. As they parted, Catherine and Henry pledged their mutual devotion. At that time Catherine has been pregnant.
A Farewell to Arms When he reached the front,Italian forces are losing ground and manpower daily. Soon after Henry’s arrival, a bombardment begins. When word comes that German troops are breaking through the Italian lines, the Allied forces prepare to retreat. Henry leads his team of ambulance drivers into the great column of evacuating troops.
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