As we approach year-end, we compared the literary genres of Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism. I discussed the relationship between Naturalism, fatalism, and Darwinism, and Olivia discussed some distinctions between Hawthorne's Romanticism, and Hemingway's Naturalism. We then explored the developing love relationship between the protagonist, and Catherine Barkley ,as depicted in Hemingway's sparse dialogue. Olivia provided good insights into the rapidly developing emotional and erotic love between the characters influenced by their environment -a war. We then analyzed how Hemingway's naturalism is illustrated in the relationship in that the characters are controlled by external forces, the war, and societal expectations of marriage, notwithstanding their commitment to forging their own fate free of these external forces. This conflict becomes more acute as the novel progresses. For homework,I assigned reading through chapter 22. The final exam will be next week and will be an essay on the novel as well as some grammar exercises.