Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest American novelists. His For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel on Spanish Civil War, is generally regarded as "his most ambitious artistic endeavor and a heroic epic of the 20th cent...Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest American novelists. His For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel on Spanish Civil War, is generally regarded as "his most ambitious artistic endeavor and a heroic epic of the 20th century American literature". The protagonist, Jordan, is a brave, unselfish, and stressful fighter for fascist, who is the more mature epitome of Ernest Hemingway in the reality. It is an example of application of"meta-fiction". Both of their views on war change from being pessimistic to being optimistic; both Hemingway and Jordan are the heroes of "Grace under Pressure" and both of them start to care for the society and love others.展开更多
文摘Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest American novelists. His For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel on Spanish Civil War, is generally regarded as "his most ambitious artistic endeavor and a heroic epic of the 20th century American literature". The protagonist, Jordan, is a brave, unselfish, and stressful fighter for fascist, who is the more mature epitome of Ernest Hemingway in the reality. It is an example of application of"meta-fiction". Both of their views on war change from being pessimistic to being optimistic; both Hemingway and Jordan are the heroes of "Grace under Pressure" and both of them start to care for the society and love others.