This study intended to highlight the dual themes of war and love from the perspective of Ernest Hemingway. The objectives of this study stated firstly, the portrayal of love based on selected novels by Ernest Hemingway, secondly the depiction of the war violence and thirdly the impact of the war violence on the image of love and how this influence has been portrayed through his fictional characters. Four novels constituted the database for this study. The methodology relied on the concepts of the social psychology theory as a big umbrella, while Attribution theory as sub-theory was employed in carrying out the analysis as a critical study in modern American literature. The focus, therefore, would be on the characters′ acts, actions, and the setting. The findings showed that the image of love has been affected by war violence. According to the first objective, the researcher found that all the characters of the novels and especially the main have portrayed the image of love.....

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