Rain and Death in Ernest Hemingway’s “Farewell to Arms”

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…ney across the lake is significant as it too is a symbolic baptism delivering Henry to Switzerland to start a new life. Hemingway also uses frozen water, in the form of snow, to symbolize happiness. Throughout the course of the novel, the onset of winter snow brings an end to the fighting providing the soldiers and support staff with relief and happiness. In Chapter 39, Henry and Catherine are happiest during their snowy winter in Switzerland.