e defeated. Through their will to live and their courage they somehow find a way to avoid defeat and persevere in life and in love. If that is in fact what he means by the statement, then in life he was defeated the moment he destroyed himself.
             The protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's novels was usually a man who at first glance had no special characteristics, a man who was not uncommon in any way. He was neither kind nor cruel, outgoing nor reserved, devout nor irreverent, smart nor obtuse. The main characters in Hemingway's novels are never described with an adjective that is specific or extreme. The protagonist's true characteristics are revealed only through his reaction to the tests that he is put through. After reading the book if one tries to describe the main character only words like good, genuine, and true seem to fit. Hemingway captures his reader's interest by creating characters that they can relate to.
             In the novel A farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway the main character was an American who joined
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