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Character Overview
The characterization in For Whom the Bell Tolls differs from that of Hemingway’s shorter novels in that we get a more detailed insight into a greater number of characters. Nonetheless, as with the shorter pieces, it is the “code hero” at the center of the tale whom we come to know most intimately.
Robert Jordan is a Spanish teacher who has come to Spain during the civil war to help fight for the Republican cause. Like Frederic Henry in A Farewell to Arms, he is an outsider...
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