In this novel, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway evolves Frederic Henry into a code hero. His beliefs and values are changed to the characteristics of a code hero by the end of the book with the aid of Catherine Barkley, a code hero herself. A code hero follows existentialism. The code hero also strives to live life to the fullest, and Frederic's behavior seems to show a similar want as the novel concludes.
             In the beginning of the novel, Frederic Henry's mind is clouded by sensual pleasures and he cannot control himself. He possesses some traits of a code hero, however his mindset is not completely that of a code hero's. After meeting Catherine Barkley, he begins to learn to discipline himself. Henry drinks too much wine and loiters at whorehouses near his town. He has no control over himself as he lives and does as he pleases. In his extended period of stay at Ospidale Maggoire, he gets acquainted with Catherine in depth. With his mortar-shell wound to his leg he is hospitalized for a period of time. His time is well spent at the hospital for his love Catherine helps attend to him. There, Frederic spends nights awake staring into the mysterious darkness. Just as a code hero does, he fears the darkness, which symbolizes death and evil. For a period of time Catherine also spends her nights with him as she takes over for night duty. She makes his evenings very joyous. With their time spent together, Catherine passes on some of her code hero values onto Frederic as they converse and make love throughout the night. She eventually stops attending night duty and Frederic learns to control his urge for Catherine as he spends the rest of his nights alone in thought. Frederic's time spent with Catherine helps contour him into being a code hero.
             Frederic ends the novel as a code hero and attains the characteristics of one within his actions and beliefs. His beliefs in the very beginnin...