Blog 3

Book: A Farewell to Arms
Pages read this week: 84
Pages read since semester: 250

Weekly Style: Writing Challenge, Fan Fiction

Frederick Henry is the only son of a wealthy businessman who is well settled in New York. His father provided him with everything, but love and care of a father, after Henry’s mother died soon after delivering him. Frederick loves to just live life, and never really thinks seriously about it. In short, he is a troubled and spoiled son of a rich man. Henry goes on a voyage of different countries. He meets a young girl named Catherine Barkley in England. They both fall in love at first sight, but are reluctant in expressing it to the other and confessing it. After some hesitation, they realize and finally accept the truth. Henry marries Catherine, and they come back to America. Henry’s father accepts him too. Frederick and Catherine had dreamed of a happy married life, but things are never so easy. They had not sorted out and talked about many matters before marriage, which begin to cause them problems. Catherine is always sincere about life, but Fred keeps ignoring them. They were supposed to adjust to each other and realize their commitment to one another as life partners, something in which Fred failed miserably. Fred’s irresponsible acts such as spending whole night out of the house aggravated the situation. His father never really had an authority over him. The lively and good looking couple began to part their ways by the end of first year of their marriage. At last, Catt decided to go back to England for sometime, in order to teach Fred a lesson. However, the plane crashed, killing all aboard, bringing a sad end to the story, and ending the world for Fred as he realized how lonely he has become now.