A Farewell To Arms: Experiences And Their Influences

Part I of Essay
Some experiences cannot be accomplished in our own lives but with the help of literature, readers are able to participate in those experiences and expand their understanding of the world and it’s surroundings. Literature also allows the reader to comprehend the thinking, f ....

Part II of Essay
.... imagery such as “the troops were muddy and wet in their capes” to permit the reader to comprehend what World War 1 was like and expand their understanding of how the world was during times of war. Hemingway ends the first chapter with an understatement that when winter came there was an epidemic of cholera in the army, but “only seven thousand died.” Only. Hemingway’s cruelly flattened language paints a picture of genuine horror. All of this sets the scene for tragic happenings to come and allows the reader to be able to sympathize with the ....