When he returns, he spends time with a British nurse, Catherine Barkley. Frederic goes on leave, spending much of that time in a drunken haze. Hemingway gradually introduces voices and dialogues of the officers, who make crude sexual jokes in order to mock the priest. The following year, the Italians have more victories they have taken territory from the Austrian-Hungarian army, including the town of Gorizia, where Frederick is stationed. Both war and disease have decimated the army. Although much is left unsaid, what is said is that the war is not going well for the Italians in 1915. Hemingway’s terse, minimalist style of writing is meant to convey much deeper emotion below the surface. The early chapters do not provide specific details about battles or names. He is in charge of the ambulance drivers at the Northern Italian front. The Italians have just entered the war, and Frederic Henry, an American who had been living in Rome and studying architecture, has joined the Italian army, serving as a lieutenant in the Second Army.
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