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The main character, Frederick Henry, is the protagonist in "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. He's an American ambulance driver for the Italian army during World War I. During the novel he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a beautiful British nurse's aid. During the war, Henry's closest friend is Rinaldi, a surgeon in the army who is obsessed with beautiful women. In the front, Henry was wounded by artillery shells and was taken to a hospital in Milan where Dr. Valentini agrees to operation on Henry's knee instead of waiting 6 months which was recommemded by the hospital. During his recovery, Henry and Catherine fall in love with each other. After his recovery Henry tries to plan a trip with Catherine, but he finds out that Catherine is pregnant. Henry is then diagnosed with jaundice, he is sent to the front when his illness is cleared. Once in the front, the Germans broke through Italian lines and the Italians were forced to retreat. On their evacuation route to Udine, Henry and his team pick up two engineers and some frightened girls. They decide to take a different route and get stuck in the mud. Henry shoots one of the engineers for not helping with the truck. They leave the trucks and start walking on foot toward Udine. When they rejoin the retreat they saw angered Italian soldiers executing Italian commanding officers for the humiliating defeat against the Germans. Soldiers arrested Henry but he was able to escape and jumped into a river where he was washed away. Henry then gets out of the river and jumps on a military train to Milan to see Catherine. He finds out that she is in a town called Stressa and boards another train to Stressa. He reunites with Catherine and meets a friendly helper named Emilio. He helps them escape by giving them his boat, he also saves Henry by warning him that the police were going to arrest him. Henry and Catherine row away to Switzerland in a tiny boat. After arriving in Switzerland, Henry and Catherine move to Lausanne near a hospital. She delivers a stillborn baby where it died when it was born. Then Catherine later dies from hemorrhage.
Peter Martinez
Henry and Catherine row away in a tiny boat to Switzerland trying to escape the police that was gonning ot arrest Henry.
The setting took place in Italy mostly in Milan and Stressa where Henry and Catherine spend the most time with each other before they go to Switzerland.
The time period in the novel was during World War I during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Henry is an American ambulance driver for the Italian army.
Catherince Barkley works at the hospital as a teacher's aid and mostly in Milan where she cares for Henry
Ernest Hemingway Milan 1918
Henry uses the train many times to go to Milan and Stressa to see Catherine
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