![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To a certain extent, this observation is accurate. Having achieved an awareness of these realities, Jordan states clearly in the early pages of the book that he is not a communist, but simply an anti-fascist.Ī great deal has been made of the idea that Robert Jordan is not the virile, individualistic hero usually found in Hemingway's writing. Since his arrival in Spain, he has come face-to-face with the cynicism of those in power, and his reaction to this cynicism has caused the leaders to laugh at his naiveté and to chide him for his "slight political development." Another fact which Jordan has encountered is that most of the common people, regardless of which side they are fighting for, are no longer interested in the war, nor are they very willing to die for the Cause. These feelings closely parallel Hemingway's own attitudes toward the Spanish government and people in the period preceding the war.īy the time the novel opens, however, Jordan has become disenchanted. He has taken this step, presumably, because of a liberal socio-political philosophy and a broad sympathy for the Spanish people. Robert Jordan, the protagonist of For Whom the Bell Tolls, is a young American college instructor of Spanish who has come to Spain to fight for the Loyalists in the Civil War. ![]()
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