A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, was a typical love story: a Romeo and Juliet placed against the odds. In this novel, Romeo was Frederick Henry and Juliet was Catherine Barkley. Their love had to survive the obstacles of World War I. The background of war-torn Italy added to the tragedy of the love story. The war affected the emotions and values of each character. The love between Catherine …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total… surface. After this occurred, he was offered some company for his way home, but he declined and walked alone. He asked God to save his greatest love after taking his child and did not really receive and answer. He concluded death is the end and when it comes, there is no where to go. Frederick Henry never truly became a code hero until the end when he accepted death as the end of existence.