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Hemingway’s Dying Love for Spain
Hemingway had an enduring love affair with Spain and the Spanish people. The way Hemingway expresses love and affection for Spain was like no other. Hemingway gave it his all. From expressing how he felt about war and extracurricular activities. Ernest Hemingway felt as if Spain was the wife he successfully never had. One of the best examples is from Hemingway’s book, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Expressing his love for Spain through a story. The novel's protagonist, Robert Jordan, an American teacher turned demolitions expert, joins an anti-fascist Spanish guerrilla brigade with orders from a resident Russian general to blow up a bridge. What is truly remarkable about the novel that Jordan takes up arms in another country's civil war for personal, and not ideological reasons. In the novel, Hemingway suggests that Jordan has no politics. Instead, his dedication to the Republic is fueled, stated by the author a "kind of conservative individualism that collides in self-satisfaction with the claims of the wider concern for humanity." Jordan dedicates himself to the highest extent and is willing to risk his own life for it. In the end the bridge gets destroyed, his compatriots flee, and Jordan is left behind, injured, to face certain death at the hands of the approaching fascist troops. It is perhaps because of his commitment to action that Jordan became such a cult figure for his times. In Robert Jordan’s own words from the novel he says: "Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way." Most of the ideas Hemingway’s expresses about Spain is well informed through For Whom the Bell Tolls. For example leading character Robert Jordan meets a beautiful young lady. The young, gentle Maria catches Robert Jordan’s eye from the moment he meets her.
Hemingway had an enduring love affair with Spain and the Spanish people. The way Hemingway expresses love and affection for Spain was like no other. Hemingway gave it his all. From expressing how he felt about war and extracurricular activities. Ernest Hemingway felt as if Spain was the wife he successfully never had. One of the best examples is from Hemingway’s book, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Expressing his love for Spain through a story. The novel's protagonist, Robert Jordan, an American teacher turned demolitions expert, joins an anti-fascist Spanish guerrilla brigade with orders from a resident Russian general to blow up a bridge. What is truly remarkable about the novel that Jordan takes up arms in another country's civil war for personal, and not ideological reasons. In the novel, Hemingway suggests that Jordan has no politics. Instead, his dedication to the Republic is fueled, stated by the author a "kind of conservative individualism that collides in self-satisfaction with the claims of the wider concern for humanity." Jordan dedicates himself to the highest extent and is willing to risk his own life for it. In the end the bridge gets destroyed, his compatriots flee, and Jordan is left behind, injured, to face certain death at the hands of the approaching fascist troops. It is perhaps because of his commitment to action that Jordan became such a cult figure for his times. In Robert Jordan’s own words from the novel he says: "Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way." Most of the ideas Hemingway’s expresses about Spain is well informed through For Whom the Bell Tolls. For example leading character Robert Jordan meets a beautiful young lady. The young, gentle Maria catches Robert Jordan’s eye from the moment he meets her.