Friday, April 13, 2012

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

Title:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Author:
Ernest Hemingway
Year:
1940
Country:
America
Themes:
Focusing on the task at hand as a way to deal with grief
Contemplating suicide as an alternative to further suffering
The comfort of making plans even when they may become impossible
Synopsis:
The story of an American soldier fighting in the Spanish Civil War on a mission to blow up a bridge.

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