"Farewell to Arms" is a story of a young man who falls deeply in love with a woman while they taking care of the fallen soldiers who are at war. Frederic is an ambulance driver and Catherine is one of the nurses. The original ending to this story is straight forward and to the point. Catherine passes away after giving birth to a stillborn child and a series of hemorrhages. Frederic is at the hospital by her side the whole time and after she passes, he processes what happened, and then left. Besides the original ending to this love story, there are also forty-seven other alternate endings.

     
Ending six:
One ending that I preferred over the original one, was ending number six. "The thing is that there is nothing you can do about it. It is all right if you believe in God and love God." (1300) This ending was under the religious endings sections and all though the ending is somewhat dry, I believe what he is saying to be true. Frederic can find peace in Catherine passing away knowing that she has a relationship with God. A lot of Christians find peace in knowing that their loved ones are no longer suffering and are in a better place. This ending is better than the original, because in a way he finds peace and acceptance with Catherine's death. He understands that he cannot get her back and there isn't anything he could do or could've done to keep her from dying. He understands she is in a better place and can begin the healing process of loosing someone you care about.

Ending eight:
I like this ending in particular, because the baby lives in the end. "Of course he's alive. Who said he wasn't alive?" (1301) This shows that with one bad situation a blessing can come out of it. Although Catherine still dies, their son still lives. This would give Frederic something to look forward to and a way to still have a pice of Catherine in his life. "Good,' I said. I had a son now - I did not know whether to believe it or not." (1301) A father and son relationship can be a beautiful thing. A bond that can never be broken and a way for Frederic to heal. Raising a child seems like a beautiful challenge that gives millions of people a reason to never give up.

Ending thirteen:
This ending seems very authentic and genuine. The morning after loosing someone is usually hard. You are usually up the night before crying or simply just processing what has happened. Once you finally do get to bed, you get that well needed rest. "I walked that night in the rain back to the hotel where Catherine and I had lived and went up to the room and undressed and went to bed and slept because I was so tired."(1303) When Fred wakes up and notices his surrounding, before he really processed what

happened. "I saw the sunlight coming in the window and smelled the spring morning after the rain before I realized what had happened."(1303) This version adds some emotion to the ending rather than the original where I feel the story ended abruptly.