Farewell to Arms
War has always been a terrible thing. At times though there are always some people who become ignorant about what war really is. Otto Von Bismarck once said, "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war." Otto Von Bismarck is trying to show that war is gruesome and that you do not want to live through it. This quote applies to Frederic very well. In the beginning of the novel Frederic thinks war is nothing and that if he joins nothing would happen to him. Later on in the novel, all he wants to do is just finish the war soon. Finally toward the end, he does not want to even think about it. Frederic's situation throughout the story relates to this quote because of his changing views of war, from being ignorant about what would happen, to starting to realize what is going on, and finally by actually seeing how foolish and horrible war can be. When war starts, most people think that nothing serious can happen. First time soldiers, like Frederic, think that they can join the war and that nothing can happen to them. He thinks to himself that since his school is closed he can join the army as an ambulance driver and live through the war problem fr
Frederic thought the battle police was looking for Germans in Italian uniform and they were executing everyone they thought was disloyal to Italy. No one ever stopped when they are winning. "(70) The priest sees that Frederic is hurt, but even if he is, Frederic still does not know what war is like. He was tired of running and he was tired of thinking about the war. Later on he finds out how ironic war is. He thought that as long as he was not at the front he could not get injured. When Frederic finally sees what war really is, he decides he wants to part of it. The priest sees that Frederic is different from the rest of the men in his troop, that Frederic really is not the war type and that he should go to somewhere peaceful for when he goes on leave. The quote "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war" by Otto Von Bismarck is a quote that applies directly to Frederic. It did not have anything to do with me. " If the rain should stop and planes come over and get to work on that whole column that it would be all over. "(199) He thought that the way the retreat was planned was poorly done. "It is you and such as you that have let the barbarian onto the sacred soil of the fatherland.
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