Review of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is a remarkable novel about an American man who volunteers to join the Italian army during World War I. ... Hemingway gives the reader an insight into the dismal tribulations that war brings. ... A Farewell to Arms conveys the central idea that a catastrophe as grave as war has much loneliness and sorrow attached to it. ... Hemingway’s novel proves wrong the notion that love can conquer everything. ... Hemingway communicates the central idea, that war brings out the worst in everything, flawlessly. ... Hemingway uses concise, declarative sentences that help the reader move quickly through the novel. ... Hemingway also uses a great deal of dialogue that brings the plot alive, but he lacks in using tag lines which can be confusing at times for the reader. ... Hemingway does a fine job of illuminating such a tiresome subject.