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Loss of Innocence Depicted in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
In A Farewell to Arms a loss of innocence is demonstrated throughout the book. A loss of innocence plays an essential role in developing into an adult and also understanding actuality. The author, Ernest Hemingway, provides strong examples of how a loss of innocence can effect how a character develops in a story.
Innocence is defined as “freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil”. Usually innocence is present during the stages of youth. Innocence allows a person to have little or no guilt and worries. Being able to have a free mind impacts the type of person one becomes. Innocence barricades hatred and anger.
Losing your innocence can have a devastating impact on someone. A loss of innocence fills a person with worry, fear, and sometimes hatred. Frederic Henry is an American driver in the Italian army. He begins to encounter a loss of innocence when he falls in love with an English nurse named Catherine Barkley. He then realizes the influence the war has on his attitude about life.
When Frederic first joins the Italian front he doesn’t take it seriously and he thinks that the war has nothing to do with him. After being injured he made a joke and said “I was blown up while we were eating cheese“. He didn’t feel that his injury made a difference in his life. It didn’t scare him that he had to go back to the front. When Frederic comes to a realization . . . read more.
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