Catherine Barkley: Character Analysis
Ernest Hemingway, one the greatest novelists of modern times, created such gems of English literature and produced such unforgettable and marvelous characters as can never be forsaken or overlooked. In A Farewell to Arms , there are two important and extraordinary characters; one of them, undoubtedly, is Catherine Barkley. It seems to be worthwhile to mention that she is a flat character and she has pre-conceived notions about life, death, love and war. She is confident and excites sympathy and tender feelings by her gentle and exemplary behavior. She is beautiful and tall woman and has a comely figure. When Catherine sees Henry for the first time, the shadow of death hangs over their meeting--her fianc� has been blown � all to bits � in the war of Somme. In her conversation with Henry, she laments that she didn�t marry her fianc� before he died. She says that they were engaged for "eight years ," and that they "grew up together." Upon her meeti...