Masculinity and Femininity Henry returns to the front recovering from his injury.

ry. Youre a good brave girl / Im not afraid p277 The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one? / The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if hes intelligent. He simply doesnt mention them p126

Hopelessness of Life Catherines son is stillborn. Catherine dies of multiple haemorrhages. We never get anything. We are born with all we have and we never learn p153 Evidently it did not matter whether I was there or not p16 Now Catherine would die. That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had time to learn p289 the world all unreal in the dark and so exciting that you must resume again unknowing and not caring in night, sure that this was all and all and all and not caring p13 Im not brave anymore, darling. Im all broken. Theyve broken me p285 Next year would be a bad year, or a good year maybe p107

Religion v.s. Unbelief There isnt always an explanation for everything. / Oh, isnt there? I was brought up to think there was. P17

Hopelessness of War During the winter there is a lull in the offensive and Henry is encouraged to take leave, which he does. Henry is injured at the front when he is hit by a trench mortar. One of the men he is with is so badly injured he dies. Henry escapes from the carabinieri and deserts the army Retreating along a side road the ambulances are bogged. Henry shoots a sergeant who refuses to help get the vehicle out. Held up in a long retreat convoy Henry and the other ambulance drivers take a side road. The Italians are defeated at Caporetto and forced to retreat. Along with three others ambulance drivers Henry goes to the front at Caporetto. After the retreat Henry is taken by the carabinieri along with other officers for questioning. He witnesses other officers being shot. Henry is sent to a hospital in Milan to recover from his injury. When he is being transported from the front a fellow passenger dies from a haemorrhage. Henry and the other ambulance drivers finish the retreat on foot. One is shot and dies on the way. Another deserts. the ridiculousness of carrying a pistol at all came over me p28 The whole body thing is crazy p188 It did not have anything to do with me. It seemed no more dangerous to me myself than war in the movies p35

Still even wounded you do not see it [the war] p65 I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain p175 Listen. There is nothing as bad as war / I know it is bad but we must finish it. / it doesnt finish. Pp47-48 I dont believe in victory anymore. / I dont. But I dont believe in defeat. P161 This war is terrible, Rinaldi said. Come on. Well both get drunk and be cheerful p151 People cant realise what France is like. It if they did, it couldnt all go on.

Love and Grief Catherine falls pregnant. A relationship starts between Henry and Catherine. The relationship between Catherine and Henry intensifies Henry finds Catherine at Stresa Police come to Stresa to arrest Henry for deserting. In the middle of the night he escapes with Catherine to Switzerland. Catherine is sent to the same hospital in Milan where Henry is. Henry meets Catherine Barkley. Henry and Catherine live apparently happily for several months in Switzerland in a house on the side of a lake. When it comes closer to the time for Catherine to give birth she and Henry move to Lausanne. You must forgive me for talking so much baby. I am very moved to see you badly wounded. P60 I felt very lonely when they were all there p119 God knows I had not wanted to fall in love with her. I had not wanted to fall in love with any one. P85 We knew the baby was very close now and it gave us both a bad feeling as though somthing were hurrying us. P85 When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve p66