For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway: Love and Death in the Spanish Sun! (1369 words)
by Mauri - written on 26.09.02 (Very useful, 661 readings)
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When a friend suggested I read this book I thought I had a fairly good idea of what to expect. I had never read any Hemingway before but I had seen some film adaptations of his novels and I knew enough about his life (the love of bullfighting, the big game hunting and general 'macho' pursuits) to assume that it was going to be a 'boys own', rip-roaring adventure. I wasn't expecting much in the way of characterisation (especially for female characters). How wrong I was! BACKGROUND The story focuses on a pivotal period in European history, the first confrontation between the major ideologies of the twentieth century Fascism and ...

Ernest Hemingway At His Peak (615 words)
by - written on 23.02.02
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"No man is an Island ... and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." The epilogue of Hemingway's novel For Whom The Bell Tolls taken from a poem by John Donne. For whom The Bell Tolls is a novel purged in emotion, the writings and interpretations of an American on the Spanish Civil War. Laden with action, thrills and historical scenes, For Whom The Bell Tolls leaves the reader gasping for more and more. One finds themselves fully emerged in the writings and perceptions of Hemingway concerning the civil War and the events that flourished from it. The beginning of the novel dawns; Hemingway's ...

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway: The Good Fight (583 words)
by Kool_Beans_1 - written on 28.09.02 (Very useful, 426 readings)
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Last summer I decided to tackle a few books I had been meaning to read. Among these was a novel by Ernest Hemingway. At the time, I wasn't particular about exactly which Hemingway novel I wanted to read. So I stood in the bookshop reading the back cover of a number of novels. I walked out with For Whom the Bell Tolls. Little did I know it would take me over a year to finish the novel. This was partly due to enrollment in UNI. The rest was due to the short descriptive prose staggered in a number of sentence combined with paragraph long sentences Hemingway uses when writing. Matched in difficulty to read only by Clockwork Orange, Hemingway became an ...