For Whom the Bell Tolls | Topics for Further Study

  • Watch the film version of For Whom the Bell Tolls. Do you think the film is dated? What scenes would you update for today’s audience?
  • Compare the portrait of war in A Farewell to Arms to that of For Whom the Bell Tolls. How are they simliar? What differences do you see? Which resonates the most for you as the reader, and why?
  • Research the Loyalist sympathizers during the Spanish Civil War. Do Hemingway’s guerrilla bands in For Whom the Bell Tolls represent an accurate portrayal of the Loyalist...

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