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Rarely have authors become so identified with a particular writing
style or with the word \"style\" itself as Ernest Hemingway. Many
writers have attempted to \"write like Hemingway.\" Few have succeeded.
To many readers, the essential characteristic of the H ...
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FORM AND STRUCTURE (HFORFORM)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls is a finely crafted novel that builds to a
powerful climax. The novel covers approximately sixty-eight hours,
outlined as follows:
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It\'s a peaceful scene: a young man is lying on a pine-needled forest
floor. A gently flowing stream and a mill complete the placid, country
picture. An old man answers the young man\'s questions about the
countryside.
Think of a time when you were in a situation where the a ...
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The three men arrive at the hideout. Rafael, a gypsy member of the
guerrilla band, is even less respectful of Pablo than is Anselmo.
But with Jordan, Rafael is friendly and good-natured, and Jordan
enlists his loyalty.
Jordan is the replacement for a previous demolition expert ...
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Jordan and Anselmo go to inspect the bridge. But the details of
the bridge are not Hemingway\'s real concern in this chapter. Through
Jordan and Anselmo, the chapter offers a philosophical consideration
of the necessity and the morality of killing.
The conversation between Robert Jordan and Anselmo gives ...
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In some ways, Chapter 4 is like the classic scene from a Western
movie where two men confront each other in a war of nerves that may
soon turn into a war of bullets.
The showdown between Pablo and Robert Jordan begins. It soon becomes
a matter of Pablo versus everyone else. At stake are two thi ...
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At the opening of this chapter, in the sentence beginning, \"There
was no wind...,\" Hemingway gives us still another typical Hemingway
description: a single sentence almost 180 words long, detailing the
sights and smells of the cave and contrasting them with the sights and
smells of the night outside the cave. Notice again the pre ...
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Pilar and Robert Jordan develop instant rapport. She openly
encourages his appreciation of Maria\'s charm. Pilar quickly sees
that Jordan may be what Maria needs to heal the wounds left by her
captors.
Two more things emerge from this short chapter. Pilar doe ...
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Chapter 7 marks the beginning of Jordan and Maria\'s love
relationship. Since this relationship will be one of the main
strands of the story, the chapter is particularly significant.
Robert Jordan is asleep in his robe beyond the mouth of the cave. He
is awakened by Maria. She protests a bit about getting into ...
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This chapter contrasts sharply with Chapter 7. It\'s concerned
completely with the war and Jordan\'s assignment to demolish the
bridge.
As Jordan\'s second day begins, a huge number of enemy planes are
roaring overhead. He listens for the sound of bombs. By n ...
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This is an important chapter that offers, principally through
dialogue, insights into Pilar, Pablo, and Jordan.
Pilar confesses a \"sadness\" to Jordan. It\'s actually a despair she
feels: death is on the way for many. In previous times, she would have
shared this feeling with God. Now, as a communist, she ca ...
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This chapter is notable for its gruesomely graphic account of a
Loyalist takeover of a Nationalist town, complete with barbaric ritual
executions. Pilar relates the incidents to Jordan and Maria as the
three of them make their way to El Sordo.
But Hemingway accomplishes two other purposes earlier in t ...
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This chapter is linked closely to Chapter 10 in questioning the
merits of war. The repulsively brutal picture presented in Chapter
10 is now followed by more intellectual considerations. Chapter 11
is significant because it begins another central strand in the
story: the change in Robert Jordan\'s attitude toward what h ...
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This chapter sets the stage for the exceptionally significant
content of Chapter 13.
Jordan, Maria, and Pilar have secured the aid of El Sordo,
although he doesn\'t seem overly enthusiastic about giving it. On their
way back, Pilar stops to rest and reveals her affection f ...
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You\'ll find a great deal to think about in Chapter 13. The
relationship of Jordan and Maria is intensified. Jordan entertains
even more serious doubts and recriminations about his activities in
Spain and begins to change his opinion of what is most important to
him. You also learn a good bit more about his background, w ...
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Chapter 14, though short, is important for plot development and
character revelation. Plans for blowing up the bridge receive a
setback, Pablo becomes more of a villain, Jordan does some more
philosophizing, and we learn quite a bit about Pilar\'s background.
It is late on the second day when Jordan, Pilar, and Mari ...
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It\'s now the second night after Robert Jordan\'s arrival. Most of
this chapter features Anselmo at his post, noting the traffic on the
road as Jordan has instructed him. He does a good job of keeping
tabs on the number of vehicles, but doesn\'t distinguish the types of
cars, as Jordan would have. There are many luxury vehicle ...
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Back at the cave, Pablo is drunk, and Maria is waiting on Robert
Jordan, trying to anticipate his every need.
El Sordo has come, leaving a bottle of whiskey as a present
specifically for Jordan; then he\'s gone to look for the horses they\'ll
need on the retreat after the bridge. The whiskey is a rar ...
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Prompted by Pilar, the guerrillas concur that Pablo is a danger
and should be killed. Jordan agrees to shoot him. A tense scene ensues
when Pablo suddenly reenters the cave. The planned assassination is
about to take place when Jordan realizes that he can\'t shoot inside
the cave- the dynamite is stored there. ...
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Most of this chapter contains Jordan\'s reflections about
Gaylord\'s, a hotel in Madrid occupied by Soviet communists who had
come to fight for the Republic. It\'s partly a story of the first
stages in Robert Jordan\'s disillusionment. At Gaylord\'s \"you learned
how it was all really done instead of how it was suppo ...
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