In A Farewell to Arms, did "the nature of love" help Frederic Henry survive at the end of the novel?What I mean by the nature of love is his...

The novel's conclusion is truly heart wrenching. Frederic
waits and watches helplessly as Catherine suffers in childbirth, and then he experiences
the death of their baby and finally, Catherine's death. In his desperation and despair,
he prays, but his prayers do not save her. Frederic stays with Catherine until she dies,
and then demands time alone with her to say goodbye:

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But after I had got them [two nurses] out and
shut the door and turned off the light it wasn't any good. It was like saying good-by to
a statue. After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in
the rain.

And with this
passage the novel ends. It could be interpreted that love enables Frederic to stay by
Catherine's side throughout her suffering and even after her death, even though doing so
causes him the most intense emotional and spiritual anguish. He "survives" this
experience in that he goes through it with her until it is
over.

Whether her love will help him survive the days to
come is a question left unanswered. The last we see of Frederic is his walking away in
the rain, alone. It is a picture of utter loneliness. The novel, however, has developed
themes of personal courage and endurance in the face of life's cruelty. We are left with
the feeling that Frederic will endure the pain of Catherine's death and will live with
her loss. Remembering the love they shared may bring him comfort, but it could also
remind him of all he has lost. Most likely, it will do both.