Chapters 1-3

A Farwell to Arms opens with the narrator, an American Lieutenant, describing the setting of an Italian village that he is stationed in with lots of imagery. It sets a dark mood, describing the cold autumn, everything dying and the dust all over from the war. The battles in the mountains are described. And the epidemic cholera is spreading and killing many people. When snow started falling the war was held off. He returned home to his roomate and told him about where he went. His roomate tells how he fell in love with an english girl and that there are lots of new girls around the front. Also during the first three chapters they pick on the priest about girls a lot and the war, teasing him.