A Heart Never Reclaimed: A Study of Hemingway Heroine, Catherine Barkley from the Islamic Perspective

Abstract

To the present time, Catherine Barkley remains possibly the most controversial Hemingway Heroine. Loftily regarded as the “ultimate dream-girl” and at times blurred by the notion of being “amoeba-like”, most of the critics think of her in terms of male fantasy only. Interestingly, there are also critics who claim that “Catherine is a fully drawn character.” Supporting the claim, the present paper tries to confer how being enslaved to her own yearnings and desire, Catherine Barkley seems to bring about her own doom. Exhibiting that, it tries to explore the profound lessons Catherine Barkley and her relationship with Frederic Henry hold for a Muslim reader.