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This 5 page paper discusses the significance of rain in A Farewell to Arms. Rain is used in this novel to depict loss and examples are given to justify this thesis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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A Farewell to Arms is perhaps one of the best books depicting war and, once the reader has completed this novel, they truly feel the hardship and strife and despair
of the soldiers and begin to comprehend the magnitude of war and its realities. This novel uses natural imagery in many ways (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002).
It is interesting to note that Hemingway "juxtaposes images of fertility and life against those of death" (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). One of the most noticeable
symbols in this novel is that of rain (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). "It is raining outside almost every time something bad occurs, such as the armys retreat
or Catherines death, and serves to mark these events as random occurrences (just like rain itself)" (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). There is also a lot of reference
to mud in this novel which, of course, is a by-product of rain (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). The mud is an obstacle for the army since it
makes walking very difficult and messy and cold (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). The purpose then of the mud imagery is to reflect the hostility of nature toward
man (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). There are also positive associations with rain in this novel (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). Rain is a symbol
of life, and this is evidenced when Henry decides to leave the Italian army and is "baptized" by the rain (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002). "In this dual
purpose, Hemingway places all control, both curse and blessing, into the hands of the world and not of man" (A Farewell to Arms Symbolism, 2002).
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