A Farewell To Arms

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well in A
Farewell to Arms and therefore it "is his richest and most
successful handling of human beings trying to come to terms
with their vulnerability."

As far as Stubbs is concerned, Hemingway is quite blatant in
letting us know that role-playing is what is occurring. He
tells that the role-playing begins during Henry and
Catherine's third encounter, when Catherine directly
dictates what is spoken by Henry. After this meeting the two
become increasingly comfortable with their roles and easily
adopt them whenever the other is nearby. This is apparent
also in that they can only successfully play their roles
when they are in private and any disturbance causes the
"game" to be disrupted. The intrusion of the outside world
in any form makes their role-playing impossible, as
evidenced at the race track in Milan, where they must be
alone. The people surrounding them make Catherine feel
uncomfortable and Henry has to take her ...

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