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This 7 page paper explores Ernest Hemingway's use of rain as a symbol of death in "A Farewell to Arms." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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parallels the authors life. The story of an ambulance driver who ultimately breaks and deserts, it is often cited as Hemingways best work. This paper considers Hemingways use of rain
throughout the book. Discussion In terms of symbolism, the first chapter sets the stage for what is to come so clearly that its worth a closer look. The book begins
with a description of the narrators house, though we dont know where it is or even what time period were in. He merely says that "In the late summer of
that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains" (Hemingway). He describes the river, its rocks, the clear
water and how it appeared to be blue "in the channels" (Hemingway). Then, after this serene beginning, he suddenly throws a curve: "Troops went by the house and down the
road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees. The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year..." (Hemingway). From a
beautiful river we suddenly have troop movements; not only that, but there are so many soldiers that they have stirred up so much dust that the trees and leaves are
choked with it, so that they die and fall early. This of course is an extended metaphor for the men themselves, who will also die and fall long before their
time. The narrator says that the plain was "rich with crops," with many fruit orchards, but that the mountains beyond were "brown and bare" (Hemingway). At night "we" (we
dont know who the "we" is at this point) could see "flashes from the artillery" that looked like lightning (Hemingway). But it wasnt lightning, because "there was not the feeling
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