A Farewell to Arms Foreignness and the Other Quotes

Characters are constantly asking Frederic about this. His natural embrace of what is supposed to be foreign is foreign to some people Frederic encounters. It is also intriguing and provocative.

Did we expect him to say "Italian"? Rinaldi isn’t necessarily giving Frederic a compliment. He’s telling him they are not only "war brothers" but also brothers in emptiness. All flare and no heart.

The priest is perhaps the biggest foreigner in the novel. His "country" is an ideal, one which everyone wants to reach. We all want to live in a place where we’re understood.