The dictatorial regime of armed conflicts has enforced one of the most uncontrollable plagues on humanity. This life-threatening pandemic has moved creative writers like Ernest Hemingway to probe its tragedies in A Farewell to Arms (1929). Weighing Frederic Henry’s narrative with characterization, this essay examines the totalitarian regime of the “Lord War” on human beings.
Keywords: War, Infanticide, Frederic Henry, Catherine Barkley.