Good evening, the Internet.\nTonight 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.\n\nBook Review\n\nTitle:For Whom the Bell Tolls\n\nAuthor: Enerst Hemmingway\n\nSetting\nFor 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\n\nMain Characters\nRobert 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.\n\nPablo - 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.\n\nAnselmo - 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.\n\nMaria - 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.\n\nSummary\nFor 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\".\n\nAs time passes at the base , Robert Jordan meets\nMaria , 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 .\n\nas 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\n\nTheme\nIn 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.\n\nFor example Maria losses her innocence during her town raid when she is raped by the facist.\n\nJoaquin loses his innocence when his parents and is forced to grow up unaturaly fast.\n\nRobert 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.\n\nThe 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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