Assignment #5

#1
On chapters thirty-four through forty-three, Robert Jordan is mad that Pablo left the group with some of he explosives. He chilled out after he was with Maria, but he was still a little angry about it. While the camp is thinking of a new way to destroy the bridge using the little people and explosives they have, Andres is making his way to General Golz to tell him about what hd happened with Pablo. The hard part about it, though, it that he keeps being stopped by people that are on his side. They think that he is a facsist, even thought he clearly isn't. WHile he is trying to do that, Pablo returns to the camp with the people he took, but no explosives. He threw them in to the river so they were still kind of screwed. Andres is taken prisoner by Andre Marty, a memeber of the Republic. Andres is then released thanks to Karkov, and he gets to Genreal Golz. By the time he arrives and tell Golz all about the stuff that's happened and Golz realizes that the mission will fail, it is to late and the mission has begun. Robert Jordan, Anselmo, and Agustin leave Pilar and Maria. They manage to destroy the bridge, but Anselmo died, and so did Agustin. Pablo is the only one who survives from his group and is then accused of killing his men. The book ends with Robert Jordan hugging Maria, and him getting ready to shoot some more senteries on the ground.

#2
I thought the book was pretty good, a little hard to get into, but good in general. I think it's amazing how Ernest  Hemingway was able to write a Forty-three chapter book that takes place in like, what? A week? A few days? The onlny thing I wasn't all that thrilled about was all the sex in it. A little too much for my taste, but I guess it was necessary to get the point through about Maria and Robert Jordan being "one". My favorite part is when Andres is trying to get to General Golz but kept getting stopped by his own people. Just thinking how ironic it is that he's able to get through faster when his on the enmey side than his side. They were so paranoid and skeptic about everything, geez. I would recommend this book, but only to people who I'm sure wouldn't have a problem or a just a slight problem reading this book. To be honest, this book was a little hard to read because of all the symbolisms you had to get. And then there were all the sudden changes in setting of Spain, and the spanish words and the old english like, thou, thy, thee, and also all the sex.

Assignment #4

The Guerrillas Plight
Dear Abby,
    There is this one member of my camp that I don't really trust. Everyone told me that I should have killed him, but I didn't do it. Now, he has run off with half of our dynamites, and now we probably won't be able to blow up the bridge properly because of him. Everyone warned me about him, but I didn't listen to any of them. Do you think I should have killed him when I had the chance to do so? I also have trouble telling this beautiful girl that I love her. We've slept together many times, but I just don't really seem to be able to tell her that I love her.
     In need,
         Robert Jordan


Dear Robert Jordan,
     You should have killed him while you could. Now, he will most likely be the cause of your death and the rest of the groups. I understand that maybe you didn't want to because you thought he wouldn't be capable of doing such a thing, or yo just wouldn't be able to deal with the thought of taking another persons life just because a group of people tell you so. But i think you should have killed him. As for the girl part, take your time. Don't worry about telling her you love her. You will tell her when you aren't stressed out over a war, or worrying about some traitor in the group.
Sincerely,
  Abby
 

Assignment #3

One of the things I would like to discuss is whether Pablo really did hear the group planning about how to kill him, or if he had just happened to know that they were talking about him and asked them straight up. I mean, it says that he went out to tent to his horses, but how the heck do we know that's true and he wasn't just standing at the side of the door listening to everything the group was saying about him. The second thing is, is Robert Jordan really going to kill Pablo, or will he back out of it at the last second. Everyone tells him that he should kill Pablo because he isn't trustworthy and he's pretty sullen and shady, but maybe Robert will end sympathizing the man just not kill. Don't know if I'm making sense here.

One character I would like to discuss about it is Pablo. What's up with that man? All I really know about him is that he's always sullen, he gets a rush when killing, he is against the bombing of the bridge, he is called a horse-lover, and he seems to have some kind of plan to betray the group. We don't really know about his past life. We know about his present life, but not much about the past.

A literary element I recognized in this chapters is flashback, when Robert Jordan is remembers the conversation he had with Karkov about Mitchell and how he was advised by him to read some philosophy, and then was complimented by him on some book he wrote.

Assignment #2

Passage One
"Yes, he can...I am jealous." Pg.154
I think this passage is important because it may be a foreshadowing. I think that Pilar is going to betray everyone, especially Robert Jordan, and she's going to kill Maria. To me is seems like she envies Maria so much for being so pretty and youthful that she might actually kill her. She complains a lot about the way she looks, and seems to envy Maria for hers. She says that she will let Maria and Robert Jordan be together, but I think that is a big fat lie. This is only my opinion.

Passage 2
"How many times...in this way." Pg.134
This passage is important to me because it shows how no matter on what side of the war you are. Either Fascist or Republican, they all suffer from the loss of a loved one such as a mother, father, brother, sister,etc. It also shows how even though one side is supposedly the "good" side, they are still bad because of all the deaths they cause. So, no matter what side you are on, the "good" or "bad" you'll still suffer one way or another because of their actions, which will probably end up affecting you in the distant furture.

Assignment #1

The characters for For Whom The Bell Tolls, so far, are Robert Jordan, the protagonist of the whole book. Anselmo, an old man who kind of guides Robert Jordan around Spain. General Golz, he's like, Robert Jordan's boss. Actually it says so in his name 'General'. Pablo, he's a guerrilla camp leader. He's always sullen and very to himself. Pilar, a half-gypsy woman who mothers Robert Jordan. Agustin, his a guerrilla fighter. Maria, she is a lady who accompanies Robert Jordan's band. Andres, he is a guerrilla member who is in his late twenties. Eladio, he is Andres's older brother. Primitivo, he is an old guerrilla member, but despite his gray hairs he's pretty strong. Rafael is a full gypsy guerrilla member.

The setting of the story takes place in Spain during the a Spanish Civil War. They are all just, kind of moving around a lot. They are given many assignment to do and they have to go to all over places. Especially since they're and anti-fascist group and guerrillas.

The conflict, at the moment, is that no one in the guerrilla camp trusts Pablo. They all think that he is going to betray the entire camp. Agustin, is the first to mention or hint about the lack of trust he has in Pablo. Another conflict is that Maria and Robert Jordan love each other, but Maria has many issues because she had been raped before. Several times.

I think Pablo will end up betraying the camp. I also have a feeling that Robert Jordan isn't going to go through with exploding the bridge. He seems to have way to many inner conflicts about it.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway