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Essay Archive - A Farewell to Arms: Overview
A Farewell to Arms: Overview
The overall tone of the book is much different than that of The Sun Also Rises.
The characters in the book are propelled by outside forces, in this case WWI,
where the characters in SAR seemed to have no direction. Frederick's actions are
determined by his position until he deserts the army. Floating down the river
with barely a hold on a piece of wood his life, he abandons everything except
Catherine and lets the river take him to a new life that becomes increasing
difficult to understand.
The escape to Switzerland seemed too perfect for a book that set a tone of
ugliness in....
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