Ernest Hemingway’s Nobel – A Farewell to Arms, published in 1929 is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.
A Farewell to Arms focuses on several contradictory themes of war and love, masculinity and femininity, and fear and courage.
Although the setting of the novel is war, the characters are able to overcome their fears, redefine gender roles, and fall in love with each other.
Hemingway writes Frederic having a strong moral code. All of the morals Frederic shows are life changing and very helpful. His moral code is strict and respectful, leaving hardly any room for fault.