A Farewell To Arms
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
I'm trying to become well-read. Last month I read Profiles In Courage by JFK and over the weekend I finished reading A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway. I'm not quite sure how to describe A Farewell To Arms. It's an interesting read to say the least. But, I also found it a little bit confusing. (Life was easier when you were in school and there was someone spoon-fed you the answers!?). I guess I'll have to ponder its meaning some more.
2 comments:
Hemmingway is amazing. I haven't read that particular book, but I've always wanted to. I say you read For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's set during the Spanish Civil War. It's probably the most depressing book I have ever read.
It's definitely worth reading. You still need to read Hegemony or Survival and The Corporation too. ;-)
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