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by Ernest Hemingway

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This novel traces three days in the life of Robert Jordan, an American Spanish professor who has volunteered to fight for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. Jordan is a dynamite expert, and is ordered by General Golz, a Russian leader of the International Brigades, to bomb a bridge as part of their offensive against the Fascists. Golz is only interested in the offensive as a means of practicing his military tactics and he is cynical about its success in the hands of the Spanish peasants.

Anselmo, an old guide, brings Jordan through the woods to the hideout, an abandoned cave, of the men who will help him complete his mission. The guerillas that Jordan encounters obviously do not want to be involved in the war any longer. They meet…

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Posted By meifang z #103831 at Sep 13, 2009 4:41 AM

Who does the "whom" refer to?

I recently read One of Hemiway's masterpiece----for whom the bell tolls,and there are so many different views about the identity of the 'WHOM".

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Posted By garland h #58839 at May 01, 2008 9:00 PM

nationality of main character robert jordan

why does Hemingway make robert jordan an american?

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