Ernest Hemingway?s novel A Farewell to Arms is the tale of a young American man who joins the Italian army for the rush; he later finds love and ends up regretting it all. The American Fredric Henry is a diverse character that seems to merely react to the other characters and is only through his own experience that he learns anything. ?It did not have anything to do with me. It seemed no more …showed first 75 words of 515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 515 total…goodbye but cannot find the sense in doing so. He leaves the hospital and walks back to his hotel in the rain. The main character Fredrick Henry merely reacts to the other characters and it is only through his own experience that he learns the harshness of life. He seems hardheaded and would much rather experience something himself than take someone?s word for it. Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.