A Farewell to ArmsThe symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's “A Farewell to Arms” is vivid and dynamic, and in the novel, rain and other factors symbolize desperation. All symbols are presented in various forms. The other symbolic factors include; lakes, rivers, snow, ice, mountains, plains, night, seasons, weather, Catherine's hair, Frederic's beard, the officer's stars, the riding crop, the painted horse and the shape cutter. The symbolic concepts are; the child, the war, the love, the wounds and the enemy. The different symbols have a particular effect on each character in the novel. When a reader opens the novel from first to last page, some symbols become obvious, while others are insightful. Rain is the constant form of water such as lakes, snow, ice and rivers in this novel and affects each character differently. Rain mainly symbolizes death, because every time it is mentioned, the reader knows that death is coming. "Early in the winter came continuous rain, and with the rain came cholera. But it was controlled, and in the end only seven thousand in the army died" (320). The author mentions at the beginning that when the rain comes, cholera also comes, which is a deadly disease. Catherine admits to Frederic that she is afraid of the rain when she says "I am afraid of the rain because sometimes I feel dead inside." “And sometimes I see you dead” (320). This foreshadows Catherine's death and this is an obvious symbol. Rain also seems to symbolize emotions and death. The rain happens during the retreat in Book III. Foreshadowing his death, the driver Aymo states "Now we drink barbera. Tomorrow maybe we drink rainwater" When Aymo is hit it is raining. Frederic states, “He… in the center of the paper… is a genius, the critic declares of Hemingway.” In Chicago Daily Tribune, September 28, 1929 (p. 11) Fetterley, Judith The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction (1978) Hazlitt, Henry “Take Hemingway” In New York Sun, September 28, 1929, (p. 38) ) Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms New York: Scribner,. 1929, 1951, 1995.Hemingway, Ernest New York.2003 (pg.1-328) “A Farewell to Arms” this is the book This book will help me with the symbolism of the research paper. That's the whole story to draw my examples from. This story contains symbolism and description of World War I and other events through the eyes of the narrator. Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. Reviewed: October 21, 2008 (Web) 18, This is a very useful eBook and audiobook.