os; because both Catherine and Frederick are away from their natural environment, Frederick 'an American in the Italian army' and Catherine, an English woman in Italy. The effect of the war on many of the characters in 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' is therefore shown in a much more internal and intimate way because their everyday lives are disrupted and affected by it without them consciously choosing to be part of it, like Catherine and Frederick do. De Bernieres further increases the closeness of the relationships between his characters and his reader by using an internalised first person narrative, whereby we hear the characters stream of thoughts,
             'I could just sit here for hours watching the clouds unfolding....I wonder where they come from?'
             Hemmingway uses the first person narrative voice, of Frederick Henry, throughout the whole of the book, therefore causing Henry to become very much the central character and the character with which the reader has empathy for. However, the alternating narrative voice in 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' enables the reader to develop close relationships with many of the individuals in the book, for example with Carlos,
             'I joined the army because the men are young and beautiful, I admit it.'
             The narrative voice in 'A Farewell to Arms' remains coolly detached throughout, and although we hear Frederick tell Catherine how much he loves her on various occasions, it is rare that we gain an insight into his thoughts on their situation,
             'But we were never lonely and afraid when we were together.'
             When we do find out what Frederick thinks of their relationship it provides us with a totally honest and true idea of his view, something that we do not seem get with either Pelagia or Antonio about their relationship, as it is rare, once their relationship is established, that we are presented these characters w...