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Characterization in a Passage from A adieu to Arms Anger was washed away in the river along with all obligation. Although that ceased when the carabiniere put his hands on my collar. I would like to have had the alike off although I did not c are much about the outer forms. I had taken off the stars, but that was for convenience. It was no point of honor. I was not against them. I was through. I wished them all the luck. There were the good ones, and the heroic ones, and the calm ones and the sensible ones, and they deserved it. But it was not my show any longer and I wished this bloody train would get to Mestre and I would eat and diaphragm thinking. I would have to stop. (Hemingway 232) This previous is an excellent example of how one characterization in the book idler relate many an(prenominal) of the feelings demonstrated passim the entire novel. The events and feelings of this passage determine the outcome. A few examples of symbolism are clearly prese nted and those symbols can overly help the reader gain a better understanding of the characters situation. The passage also illustrates how the character has evolved and developed since the beginning of the story. The passage is also a big event because it is the first major pivotal point that occurs throughout the novel. By closely analyzing this passage we can form many predictions that Hemingway was foreshadowing, and relating to the end, with use of symbols and development of character. The two symbols best discernible in the passage are the river and the stars on Frederics uniform. The river as in many stories represents a change or baptismal. In this case, the river was representing the removal of Frederic from the war front. On one side of the river hes still an ambulance driver for the Italian army during universe War I on the other side, however, he is a civil in the middle of a war that is now foreign to him. The stars also serve as a symbol but represe nt the same thing the river does. When he removes them he is simply calling it quits and removing himself from the war.