From an early age, Ernest Hemingway found himself obsessed with the subject of heroism. He admired his grandfather, whom he considered a hero, and sought to honor the war legacy left by joining the military. Hemingway fought in many wars, but one in particular shaped the rest of his life and his worldview. It was the end of World War I and Hemingway was serving in the Italian army as an ambulance driver. During the Battle of Fossalta di Piave, Hemingway passed around chocolates in the trenches and provided them to the soldiers. Out of nowhere, an Austrian trench mortar shell exploded just yards from Hemingway, killing one man and wounding several others (Meyers, p. 30). Hemingway was one of those injured. Ted Brumback once said that Hemingway acted heroically because once he regained consciousness, he picked up an injured man and carried him to the first aid shelter despite his own serious head injuries. leg (Meyers, p. 30). Considered a turning point in his life, Hemingway faced death but was described as a “hero”. Even though Hemingway's obsession with heroism continued throughout his life and this event of July 8, 1918 was reflected in several of his novels, the heroes Hemingway wrote about never abandoned the fame or fortune. They were more concerned with righting wrongs and wanting to experience (Baker (2), p.129). In Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms, the protagonist Frederic Henry is more obviously a form of Hemingway, but also a prime example of the heroes Hemingway loved to write about. Even though Henry faced danger, pain, and death throughout this war novel, none of it was glorified. Despite his obsession with heroism in war, when writing the novel... middle of paper ... everyone, innocent or not. Hemingway once mentioned the moral emptiness of the universe (Baker (1), p.129). Man is greedy and naturally he wants what he cannot have. This is why we are attracted to war; fight even harder for what he can't have. Hemingway does a wonderful job of presenting death and the horrors of war in his novel A Farewell to Arms. The overall theme of the novel is more clearly anti-war due to the inconvenient events that occur, such as abandoning one's commitments and the death of loved ones. Even war hero Robert E. Lee once said, “It’s good that war is so terrible – otherwise we would have to love it too much.” » For it is death in war that keeps man humble. It is death in war that prevents man from acting according to his greed. It is death in war that destroys a man's soul and reminds him that everything is not his..