In Hemingway's semi-autobiographical classic A Farwell to Arms, Lieutenant Fredrick Henry labors through the first world war, then referred to as " … the war to end all wars". Henry is an American ambulance driver enlisted in the Italian army stationed in Austria. When a mortar explodes in Henry's field post and nearly blows off his knee, he's sent to an American-run hospital in Milan, Italy. There he re-unites with his lover, Catherine Barkley, an English Nurse he had a previous relationship on his days in a peaceful Austrian city; which consisted of playing a game of sorts, she asking him to declare his love until finally, to her dissent, Henry does declare legitimate affection with the utmost sincerity. The two then begin a torrent love affair inside the military hospital. During his six-month furlough, Henry's attitude about the war drastically changes. When having an intimate conversation with Barkley one night he says "If people bring so much courage to this world the world......

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Title: Farewell To Arms
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