Hemingway Views On Jordan

Hemingway does not attempt to conceal his true attitudes to war in thinly veiled metaphors, or symbolic clichés, but instead imparts in his characters the doubts and self-conscious thoughts that permeated the mind of someone who had experienced what war had to offer. Hemingway’s views on the courage of an individual and his views on the unity of humanity are also themes that Hemingway clearly expresses in what is surely known as true Hemingway fashion. Hemingway allows his character Robert Jordan to become self-aware and in a sense develop his own views—as a real soldier often did—of war, courage, and the unity of man. In the beginning of the novel, Robert Jordan can be seen as a blank slate. He is an American willing to aid in the fight of someone else with no greater need or want than to serve mankind. He’s devotion to the unity of humanity is not something
After everything that Robert Jordan has been through—his loss of faith in his cause, the renewal of faith and purpose found through the solidarity he builds with the guerrilleros and Maria—there is not happy ending for him. As Robert Jordan is left behind, he is left to have one more conflict with his self. Robert Jordan has in his past examples of a meaningless, cowardly death, and a strong, purposeful death in both his Father and Grandfather. For a moment at the end of the novel Robert Jordan considers ending his life. As he is lying of the forest floor, he realizes that he is no longer dying without a purpose. He is dying so that those he loves may survive. He is laying down his life for the life of those with whom he has built up a solidarity and love with. Through Robert Jordan it is seen that we need to find, within ourselves, a purpose for our own lives. It goes to show that a purpose supplied to you by someone else is not a worthwhile purpose, and that for a purpose in life to last, you have to for