A Farewell To Arms Love Analysis

In the novel A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway expresses love and relationships in many forms.

The role of love moves the plot forward in the novel. The first example of love is shown when Henry dreams of Catherine in his sleep and talks aloud about her, “ You’re so lovely and sweet. You wouldn’t go away in the night, would you? Of course I wouldn’t go away. I’m always here. I come whenever you want me.” (Hemingway, 197- 198). When Henry is dreaming about Catherine it shows that he misses her when he is away fighting in the war. This shows that Henry is always thinking about her, whether or not she is with him. Another example of the role of love in the novel is when Henry and Catherine engage in marital activities such as sex. Since they are not married this goes against God’s law, but Henry does not believe in religion so he does not see this as an issue. In 1 Corinthians 7:2 Paul says “But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.” This applies to Henry and Catherine even though they are not married because they are doing things that only married people are supposed to engage in. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he uses a character named John Proctor. In the play John commits adultery with

He justifies in the novel that marriage is not required for love. The first example of this is shown when Henry had his affair in the hospital with Catherine. From this he is writing about his own life. On famousauthors.org a “Farwell to Arms was inspired by a love affair he had with a nurse during his stay at the hospital.” This exemplifies that he is writing out parts of his life by using different names. In the book he had related Henry and Catherine’s relationship to a game of bridge. Hemingway writes, “This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing