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Tonight I will be reading, for your benefit, Spoonuser12's flawless literary response to a beloved piece of the great classics of our time modern literature authored. It received a 93 percent from his esteemed professor.
Book Review
Title:For Whom the Bell Tolls
Author: Enerst Hemmingway
Setting
For Whom the Bell Tolls is set in the year 1937 over about a one week span of time. The actual location, for the most part, is the dusty wilderness of Spain during the spanish civil war. The wilderness of spain is always conveyed as being somewhat harsh or hostile . The forest floor is even described as being "sharp and jagged because of the many pine needles". Not just the physical surroundings are harsh but also the location is as the characters are at a base camp behind enemy lines. 5 sentences
Main Characters
Robert Jordan - An eighteen year - old american cadet assisting an anti-facist guerilla unit in spain. He is very commited to his work and is very intouch with nature and his surroundings.
Pablo - The leader of the guerilla unit. he is a very stern and stubborn man in his forties. He was a revered fighter but is now sick of the war and has developed a drinking problem.
Anselmo - An old , humble guerilla fighter. In the beginning he serves as Robert's guide and in Robert's eyes he represents everything that is good and worthfighting for about the spaniards.
Maria - A young woman with Pablo's band who falls in love with Robert Jordan. She was a rape victim of the facists who took over her town. She is always conveyed as a down to earth person.
Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls commences during the fire of the Spanish civil war in Spain. An American man by the name of Robert Jordan enlists in the guerilla anti-facist unit in Spain. The guerilla unit has commanded Rober the dangerous and difficult task of destroying a Fascist-controlled bridge as part of a larger guerilla mission. Robert meets up with his guide Anselmo who is described as being "one with the wilderness with his grey beard and rope shoes".
As time passes at the base , Robert Jordan meets
Maria , a young girl at the camp, and quickly falls in love with her. Numerous reports of failed battles come to the camp Robert is stationed at. All these reports serve as a demoralization for Robert and his fellow comrades. The day comes for Robert to commence his original plan , blowing up the bridge. As he is doing more bad news comes in that Eladio, a comrade, has been killed. Robert detonates the explosives and the bridge collapes .
as the bridge collapeses debree from the blast hits Anselmo and dies. Robert retreats into the wilderness to escape advancing facists. Alone with a broken leg and a dead horse he contemplates suicide , but concludes not to because he finaly feels in tune with world . As a facist approaches Robert,Robert readies his rifle. 10 sentences
Theme
In For Whom the Bell Tolls a great deal of the characters lose thier psycological or physical innocence during the time of war. With that the main theme is a loss of innocence during battle or war.
For example Maria losses her innocence during her town raid when she is raped by the facist.
Joaquin loses his innocence when his parents and is forced to grow up unaturaly fast.
Robert also lost his innocence. Robert innitially went to Spain loyal to the republican cause feeling confident he was on the right side. But as the war goes on Robert becomes cynical and his former idealism quickly diminishes.
The biggest loss of innocence was Anselmo's , when he is forced to kill. Anselmo is told "that killing is something he must do". 9 sentences
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You just don't understand fine literature :(
phelanij 2 years ago
though this is really gay, he wasn't joking
uberblabar 2 years ago
Dude that sounds awesome. Do it and post it as a video response.
phelanij 3 years ago
"Wow! What are all those heads?"
"This are the Facist of Evil. You musted conquer each."
willfreedo 3 years ago
Yeah, I'm the original author of this essay.
Spoonuser12 4 years ago
OH! I thought you found this on the internet or something. Like just for peoples reference if they were reading the book. Well then i'm sorry and withdraw all negative comments directed towards you. Haha. Took it totally the wrong way. Just saying Facists reminded me of every dumb girl in my history class, i'm even in AP and they still do it its horrible. Alright well chuckles directed toward your friends shotty spelling then.
Beejeezus 4 years ago
Work ethic? This is comedy my good man. This is my friend's shoddily written and horribly spelled essay that, when read as it is written, is hilarious. I'm the most literate motherfucker you'll ever want to meet.
phelanij 4 years ago
I know because i thought it was hilarious! Even if its spelled wrong it should just click in your head "Hey i know what this word is supposed to mean, so i will say it correctly." Why wouldn't you just do that? You also pronounced collapsed wrong. I was too stupefied to even mention it because i thought you may have a reading impediment or something. Like damn things may be spelled wrong but that doesn't mean you have to pronounce them wrong. Great work ethic.
Beejeezus 4 years ago
wait you favorited it lol wut.
phelanij 4 years ago