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Director: Mary McLaughlin Producer: Malcolm Hoffmeister

Director: Mary McLaughlin Producer: Malcolm Hoffmeister. A Farewell To Arms. GRACE UNDER PRESSURE. Opening incident/exposition Rising Action Climax Denouement Resolution. War (headquarters) and Love (meet Catherine) Wounding/Hospital Consumation/Desertion/Caporetto retreat

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Director: Mary McLaughlin Producer: Malcolm Hoffmeister

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  1. Director: Mary McLaughlin Producer: Malcolm Hoffmeister

  2. A Farewell To Arms • GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

  3. Opening incident/exposition Rising Action Climax Denouement Resolution War (headquarters) and Love (meet Catherine) Wounding/Hospital Consumation/Desertion/Caporetto retreat Escape by Lake Catherine Hospitalzation Plot – Love and War

  4. Person v. Person Person v. Nature Person v. Society Person v. Himself Austria v. Italy:Officer v. Enlisted:Civilian v. Military Wounds:Terrain: Rain Rhetoric v.Reality Fred.-Idealist to Cynic-Youth to Age Conflict

  5. Symbols Rain represents: Seasons represent: Mountain represents: Plainrepresents: Saber represents:

  6. Themes FUTILITY OF WAR LOVE STOICISM – IL FAUT D’ABORD DISILLUSIONMENT HUMAN VALUES – WAR ERODES

  7. Stoicism – The Code Hero • OLD VALUES SHATTERED- GOD, FAMILY,COUNTRY • BRAVE FACE, STIFF UPPER LIP- No matter how much you suffer, you never show • ENDURANCE, COURAGE, WITHOUTCOMPLAINT - ”grace under pressure” • QUIET COMPETENCE- No bragging

  8. What is heroism? What does war do to ideals and values a man is fighting for? How loyal should one be? What is the price of the sacrifice—for what? Futility Of War

  9. Love • In the face of total war, love can flourish • Love has limits • Trapped biologically • Submissive woman • End of novel

  10. Disillusion – Loss Of Innocence • Frederick is an innocent • Volunteers for adventure—without thinking about it • War—meaningless • No permanent values • Empty and disillusioned at end

  11. Human Values – War Erodes Old Morality • What values hold in the face of total war? • God -priest remains an idealist/an innocent • Competence - Rini escape by drink/women • Country - meaningless • Love -Fred/Catherine

  12. Style • Simple sentences: subject,verb, object • Spare: easy vocabulary:distrusts abstractions and high blown rhetoric • Journalistic: He was a newspaper reporter,immediate impact • Sensory detail: five senses • Rhythm and repetition:

  13. Style • Stream of Consciousness Style of Narration • Long, long unpunctuated sentences • Inner thoughts of the character are spilled out on the page in a seemingly random order. • James Joyce was the originator of this style

  14. THE END Thank You!

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