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: : ::Now. What year is the story being told? 1928. 1928??? How do we : : know this. Well we don't, but with hints here and there, it seems : : that Frederic Henry is telling the story from some time after all of : : the events have taken place. So before we consider the events themselves, : : do we have to consider why Henry has decided to tell them to us? : : Afterall, he will have to admit that he started a casual love affair which : : will lead to Catherine's and the baby's death. He will have to admit to : : his shooting the fleeing sargeant. And he will have to admit to deserting : : when faced with the same situation. So why does he do it? : : What are the hints here and there you use to date it 1928? : Look at the descriptions of the old Counts age. His age is mentioned : twice which gives some hint at the actual year. And the reference to : Babe Ruth's best year as a pitcher. (1927, the year before he was traded : from the Red Sox to the Yankees). : But it really doesn't matter. What matters, I think is that the story is : told from a time after all of the events have taken place, rather that using : the beginning of the novel as the present and each event happening until the : "present" of the end of the novel. Most critics like 1928 because that was : the year it was written by Hemingway. : hth : Pjk

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