Author : Adam Sexton
Total Page : 128
Publisher : Cliffs Notes
Publication Date : 2000 11 24
A Farewell to Arms Cliffs Notes
>> Cliffs Notes helpful but does not replace reading the book
Quick and short synopsis to the book s story Read the book first and get a friend who has read it or someone with a good argumentative view to bounce the ideas in Cliffs Notes with you
>> A classic but
I know this book is a classic but I did not enjoy it Though I liked Hemingway s Old Man and the Sea Farewell to Arms seemed rather boring It gives a realistic and fairly hopeless view of war revealing of Hemingway s own experiences The soldier and the nurse s love affair is also autobiographical but somehow has an unrealistic quality Maybe I just don t like the nurse s characther disregarding her own identity The action is pretty slow and though the ending is foreshadowed it felt more like a chopping off of a story than a closing Overall some interesting themes and classic messages about human nature but a slow and terse writing style