Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist that generally wrote stories about his past. For example, his most famous book ‘A Farewell to Arms’, was published shortly after he served as an ambulance driver in World War 1. A Farewell to Arms was based on Hemingway’s real World War 1 experiences, where he represented an ambulance driver named Lieutenant Frederic Henry. As the war winded down in preparation for the winter, Henry decided to tour Italy. As spring came around, he then journeyed back to the war front, where he met an English nurse named Catherine Barkley. Catherine and Henry played a game of love with each other, to distract Henry from the war, and to distract Catherine from the recent death of her fiancé. Henry then got badly injured by an artillery bombardment and was sent to a hospital in Milan for treatment, where he met Catherine again. As their story progressed, they realised they really loved each other, and how important they were to each other. Just as Henry was about to return to the front, Catherine revealed that she was pregnant. …show more content…
He then retreated with his team of ambulance drivers into a large column of evacuating troops. Henry then decided to veer off to a secondary route, as he believes it would have been faster. Henry’s vehicle then eventually gets stuck in the mud, and he decides to continue by foot, until he reached a farmhouse where he sought refuge. As Henry returns to Italian army short after, he was accused of treachery by the battle police. Knowing that they were going to kill him, Henry jumped into a river and swam a good distance before he jumped onto a train that was headed for