Hemingway's next novel, written in 1940, was For Whom the Bell Tolls. ... For Whom the Bell Tolls is another great piece of work, describing three days in the life of a man in the Spanish Civil War. ... Friendship, love, and courage are the themes of For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway expresses these very well through Robert Jordan. ...
Robert Jordan was a loyalist during the Spanish Civil War, and is sent behind enemy lines to blow up a bridge so a larger attack by the republicans can take place. Jordan meets Pablo the leader of a group of guerillas. The guerillas come to help assist in their mission to blow the bridge, but a snowstorm hits in the mountains. The enemy cavalry can now follow their footprints to the cave where they are hiding. Jordan finds out vital information about their enemy, the fascists, and sends a man named Andres to the headquarters of General Golz, hoping that the attack will me cancelled. ...
