A Farewell to Arms

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

A Farewell to Arms: What do you remember from the introduction?

War, Love, Death

Reading

This class: Read chapter 1  and 2

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Instruction

Read: Chapter 1

15 minutes

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Summary chapter 1

The narrator, Lieutenant Henry, describes the small Italian village in which he lives. It is a summer during World War I, and troops often march along the road toward the nearby battlefront. Officers speed by in “small gray motor cars.” If one of these cars travels especially fast, Henry speculates, it is probably carrying the king, who makes trips out to assess the battle almost every day. At the start of the winter, a cholera epidemic sweeps through the army and kills seven thousand soldiers.

The narrator, Lieutenant Henry, describes the small Italian village in which he lives. It is a summer during World War I, and troops often march along the road toward the nearby battlefront. Officers speed by in “small gray motor cars.” If one of these cars travels especially fast, Henry speculates, it is probably carrying the king, who makes trips out to assess the battle almost every day. At the start of the winter, a cholera epidemic sweeps through the army and kills seven thousand soldiers.

What is the mood in the chapter?

1. Tired
2. Uplifting
3. Hopefull
4. Neutral

What quote matches:
Hemingway’s writing is full of sensory details, which are presented to the reader
as facts, just as a newspaper presents the facts in a story.

1. “At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army.”
2. There was fighting in the mountains and at night we could see the flashes from the artillery. In the dark it was like summer lightning, but the nights were cold and there was not the feeling of a storm coming.
3. . “There was fighting for that mountain too, but it was not successful, and in the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches were bare and the trunks black with rain.”

Which quote matches:
Although his sentences are often choppy and simple, Hemingway effectively uses understatement to help the reader understand the atmosphere of war and the feelings of his character

1. “At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army.”
2. There was fighting in the mountains and at night we could see the flashes from the artillery. In the dark it was like summer lightning, but the nights were cold and there was not the feeling of a storm coming.
3. “There was fighting for that mountain too, but it was not successful, and in the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches were bare and the trunks black with rain.”

What quote matches the following description?
His sentences and vocabulary are simple and spare

1. “At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army.”
2. There was fighting in the mountains and at night we could see the flashes from the artillery. In the dark it was like summer lightning, but the nights were cold and there was not the feeling of a storm coming.
3. “There was fighting for that mountain too, but it was not successful, and in the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches were bare and the trunks black with rain.”

What do think is most important about chapter 1?

In what way is nature used as a metaphor for the themes in the chapter?

Reflect:
1) How did you like the chapter?
2) Are there things you don't understand?
3) Do you want to know what happens next?

Next week...

Be sure to have finished chapter 2

In the opening chapter, who does Henry speculate is in the fastest-traveling cars on the road to the battlefront?

1. the staff sergeant
2. the king
3. the medics
4. the general

At the start of the winter, what disease sweeps through the ranks and kills seven thousand soldiers?

1. malaria
2. typhoid
3. cholera
4. Syphilis

In Gorizia, who do the soldiers taunt with crude innuendos about his sexuality?

1. the priest
2. the surgeon
3. the brothel owner
4. the staff sargeant

How many lire does Henry loan to Rinaldi, so that Rinaldi can pretend to be a wealthy man?

1. 10
2. 50
3. 20
4. 100

The first time Henry moves to kiss Catherine, how does she react?

1. she screams
2. she slaps him
3. she runs away
4. she thanks him