A Farewell to Arms story
A 1932 American film about a romantic love affair between an American ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I.
9 total · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| forbidden love | major | Frederic Henry is forbidden to have a relationship with Catherine Barkley by army regulation |
| having a baby out of wedlock | major | Catherine Barkley runs away to Switzerland to give birth to baby |
| infatuation | major | Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley |
| romantic love | major | Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley |
| tragic love | major | Catherine Barkley was shipped off from the Italian front after getting pregnant then she gave birth to still born baby and ultimately died in Frederic's arms |
| World War I | major | Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley fall in love on the Italian front in World War I |
| coping with the death of a lover | minor | Catherine Barkley grieved over her fiancée who died in the Battle of the Somme. |
| desertion | minor | Frederick Henry deserted his regiment to search for Catherine Barkley. |
| what it is like in a combat zone | minor | Frederic Henry and his comrades were subjected to artillery bombardments. Frederick was sent to the front after his convalescence. |