Henry's personal code in A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway is a story of love, war and the quest for 'a man to find his own personal code to create a separate peace. Fredrick Henry is an American who serves as a lieutenant in the Italian army with a group of ambulance drivers. Hemingway portrays Frederick as a lost man searching for order and value in his life. Catherine Barkley is an English volunteer nurse working in Italy. She is considered very experienced in matters of love and loss as she previously faced the death of a loved one when her fiancé was killed earlier in the war. Their love story must survive the obstacles of world war. The backdrop of war-torn Italy adds to the tragedy of the love story. War affects each character's emotions and values. The love between Catherine and Frederick must survive long separations, life-threatening war situations, and uncertainty about each other's whereabouts or condition. This novel is a beautiful love story of two people who need each other in a time of upheaval. At the beginning of the novel, Frederick is given a vacation to leave the war for a while to relax. He befriends a priest because he admires the fact that the priest lives his life according to a set of values ​​that give him an orderly lifestyle. The priest tells him to go to Abruzzo, there in the mountains he can relax and forget the worries of war. But Fredrick is stubborn and listens to his friends and decides to go to Naples, there he drinks and travels from one brothel to another and yet he is unhappy because his life is very unstable. This vacation was his free ticket out of the war, but Fredrick doesn't realize or understand how serious this war is. He decides to return because of his pride and patriotism. A close friend of Fredrick, Rinaldi is also a lieutenant in the army. Together they share stories and interests. Rinaldi is a strong man, who understands what war is. Despite the many attempts to teach Fredrick, he still doesn't understand. Rinaldi constantly calls Fredrick "baby", which is an accurate description of him. He is still a child and is unaware of the true meaning of war, love and life..