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Summary: The best
Review: This book has had more of an effect on me than any other I have ever read. It is deep in imagery and in meaning. If anyone is to ever read a book, this is the one. But be careful ,young children, the ideas presented may be too difficult for you to grasp. Recommended for experienced humans! You'll go nuts at the end!
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Summary: hemingway
Review: this book was broing to me only because i didnt understand it well. i think it has a mature taste to it. if i was a little older i think i would have appreciated it a lot more. i read it for a 9th grade english class and it was not of my choice. it was boring went on and on for too long
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Summary: Hemingway's best: will outlast us all.
Review: There is a Japanese proverb: "The Zen Master strikes the bullseye by not looking at the center of the target." Hemingway strikes the bullseye of his aesthetic in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS; in the process, he continues to transform our lives and the literature within them. Nothing any other writer of his generation wrote, and few of any generation, can compare to many of the sentences in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. Consider such jewels as El Sordo's reflection on life and death when he knows, for good and for sure, that he will not see another dawn: "Living was a hawk in the sky." Robert Jordan's reflections throughout the book give us insight, as other readers have noted in the reviews in Amazon.com, into Hemingway's philosophy but also into Hemingway's ability to create and develop a well-rounded, full-blooded, fully-dimensional man. Hemingway based Jordan on Robert Merriwell, an American guerrilla fighter in the war who disappeared in the Guadarrama mountains while on a mission behind the Fascist lines. Merriwell, like Jordan, was from Montana and formerly, a college Spanish professor. But "living was a hawk in the sky." Yes. Hemingway reminds us in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS that life is ever more precious for the dreams we dare, the love we share, and the lives we save (most importantly, our own). Jordan possesses none of the nihilism and preoccupation with the self of Hemingway's earlier protagonists. For anyone who thinks this novel does not relate to our so-called cynical age, I would urge them to take a trip to the Thai-Burmese border. My literature students in Northern Thailand said this was the one novel I assigned them--they read THE GREAT GATSBY, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, and MAN'S FATE--which they could deeply identify with. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS could've been over 1, 000 pages and it still would read as compelling, as intriguing, and as wise as it does in the original 471 page first edition. It speaks to the oppression of the human spirit, an oppression that continues to haunt mankind. It will speak, both as a testament to love and courage and hope and as a warning against indifference and selfishness and cowardice, for all time. Hemingway does in this novel what he continues to do in THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA: teach us that literature is at its best when it gives us life lessons, and not merely reflections on living. Viva Hemingway.
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Summary: Boring?
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. Hemingway is the best author I have ever come across. This book is perhaps the best example of his unique style of writing. If you, like some of the reviewers here, find this book boring, you have no interest in humanity, war, life, death or love. It also has the best ending to a book, ever. Read it.
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Summary: Yuck
Review: Dated nonsense. Hemingway is such an uninteresting writer. It is so boring and dull.
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Summary: this book is great, one of the best classics i've read
Review: i first read this book in 7th grade. it was the first hemmingway i read. my english teacher was surprised that i could read a 600 pager in a day. this is one of the best classics i've read.
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Summary: Hemmingway's Best
Review: Hemmingway is amazing, completly captivating the reader with his beutifuly descriptive sentences. My all time favorite book
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Summary: Blah
Review: Hemingway was a grreat promoter of himself. A lot of bull. This book is a rambling piece of blige. Hemingwasy was a good writer, but not all (and I should say most of) his books are dull as ditch water. This is a perfect example of dull writing. His "personal property" was bull fighting and the Spanish Civil war...give me a break. If this thing tells you anything about the civil war you are too dumb to be counted. Hemingway is ok, but come on, hardly the "Great Writer of the 20th century" that he wants us to believe. Talk about great publicity, this guy had it in spades. The bells just don't toll. But what can you expect from someone who commits suicide. A coward. Skip this one.
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Summary: age and Hemingway
Review: If you are a teenager You should not read Hemingway. You will not understand it. If your teacher makes you,She/he is a fool.
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Summary: Extraordinary writing rarely seen today
Review: I recently read For Whom the Bell Tolls for a book group and absolutely loved it. The writing is superb. I think I especially enjoyed the parts of the book where the characters are describing their thoughts in tremendous detail, particularly how they feel about having to die at that time in that place. It's extremely dramatic in its depth. The ending is tragic and brought tears to my eyes, even though I already knew what happened.
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