Why I chose this book

For Whom the Bell Tolls

I choose Ernest Hemingway 's For Whom the Bell Tolls because I have been curious about what is behind any war and what can be gained from it . I know that nobody wins in a war and no one is righteous . Recognizing the good or bad people in this situation depends which side you are in . I 'm sure this book can give me detailed of the cruelty of war

The epigraph , seen at the beginning of the story , starts with , No man is an island 'I have

an idea that it is about the camaraderie and the need for the others in to survive . The rest of the epigraph is appropriate to the major theme of the story : death . Since it is a war novel , I am certain that death will plague its entirety . I am not yet sure , though , who will die and who will survive since I am able to read only chapters one to seven

In the first chapter , Robert Jordan , an American bomb expert , is sent to Spain to blow up the bridge in behalf of the anti-fascists guerillas . He is assisted by the local guerillas led by Pablo . Ironically , Pablo himself strongly opposes Jordan 's mission . He reasons that blowing up the bridge may put the guerillas ' lives in danger . In the succeeding chapters , Jordan spends his time scouting the bridge and sketching plans on how to destroy it . He becomes friends with the other members of...