A Farewell to Arms EssayErnest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) uses nature to structure the novel and provide symbols that stand in for human emotions. Nature serves as the basic structure for the plot and actions that occur. It also emerges as a source of symbols that replace human sentiment or sentiments. The characters die and there is no mention of sadness or pain… In his novel A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway uses parataxis extensively. With this structure Hemingway avoids making causal connections in his narrative; this is one of the most famous aspects of Hemingway's writing. But the unpredictability suggested by the anti-causal nature of the narrative is contrasted by another, less obvious one… War, deeply intertwined with human existence, obscures action with impasse and ideals with sterility. Even if war translates into the façade of victory for one side, there is no real winner, because under this triumphant appearance lies the true cost of this plague, the magnification of the people's suffering. In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway…The love story between...