he gives them a few chances and then he takes action properly according to military law.Henry falls in love during this time of war and despair. The woman he falls in love with is Catherine Barkley and she is an important asset to the character of Frederic himself. By showing us how much Frederic cares for Catherine it makes readers realize what a caring person he is. By promising Catherine his life after the war, the love between the two is brought to reality. He never loved anyone before Catherine came along, but now she has his heart in her hands (Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms 99).Frederic grows a lot throughout the novel. In the beginning he starts off as a self-conscious narrator.“After this beginning, the narrative traces Frederic’s gradual change from a callow, unreflective, self-centered youth to a mature man who both learns and faces up to the inevitably destructive nature of his world, as he first attempts to construct an alternate world with Catherine and then loses her to forces which decree such alternatives impossible” (Phelan, “Narrative Discourse…” 139).He goes through many changes and hardships that change his outlooks and his personality. “Frederic works through unstable relations with the war, with Catherine and the world and this makes him progress as a person” (Phelan, “The Concept of Voice…” 229). We follow Frederic through loss, love and defeat and we see the building of his character all the way through. Through the war Frederic Henry has to keep his character together because of everything he goes through. In the end of the novel he loses both his baby and the love of his life and he still manages to keep himself together. “It seems she had one hemorrhage after another. They couldn’t stop it. I went into the room and stayed with Catherine until she died. She was unconscious all the time, and it did not take her very long to die”...
