Introduction: A Farewell to Arms is divided into five books. In the first book, Rinaldi introduces Frederic Henry to Catherine Barkley; Frédéric tries to seduce her and their relationship begins. While on the Italian front, Frederick was injured in the knee by a mortar shell and sent to a hospital in Milan. The second book shows the development of the relationship between Frederick and Catherine as they spend time together in Milan during the summer. Frédéric falls in love with Catherine and, by the time he is cured, Catherine is three months pregnant. In the third book, Frederick returns to his unit, but soon after, the Austrians break through the Italian lines at the Battle of Caporetto and the Italians retreat. Frédéric kills an engineer sergeant for insubordination. After falling behind and catching up, Frederick is taken to a location by the "combat police", where the officers are interrogated and executed for the "treason" that allegedly led to the Italian defeat. However, after seeing and hearing that all those questioned are killed, Frederick escapes by jumping into a river. In the fourth book, Catherine and Frédéric meet again and flee to Switzerland in a boat. In the last book, Frédéric and Catherine lead a quiet life in the mountains until she gives birth. After a long and painful birth, their son was stillborn. Catherine begins to hemorrhage and soon dies, leaving Frédéric to return to their hotel in the rain. Love in Hemingway's novels is not a sentimental affair where lovers cry and desire each other. His conception of love unlike that of Charles Dickens is realistic and an urgent need of the body and mind which explains why the lovers in Hemingway's novels form sexual and emotional intimacy...... middle paper...... indeed. The poignancy of the story is beautifully orchestrated until the novel's heartbreaking finale. There is a contrast between the two themes. But in the end, we are convinced that it is neither love nor war that constitutes the dominant feature of the novel. It is the idea of ​​man opposed to the unknown which dominates the process, whether in terms of war or love. Regardless, the theme of “A Farewell to Arms” strikes a chord in the heart of every sensitive man and woman. It is the convention that death is the ultimate reality that remains in the minds of readers. Works Cited Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929)Mellow, Jeffrey. Hemingway: A life without consequences. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1992). Meyers, Jeffrey (1985). Hemingway: a biography. New York: Macmillan