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to believe that the cause for which he kills and risks his live will do good to his beloved people and country. Secondly, the affirmation that each action that one man makes - such as blowing the bridge - will have help greatly to fulfilll the mission of "code hero." However, it is very possible that the mission may fail and may cause more harm to the spirit of the republican band. It is possible that the risk and loss of life will be for nothing.Jordan seems to use his love to justify dying. After spending two days with Maria his views and cogitation has changed. Moreover, his faith which he began to question in order to justify his actions has also altered. Yet it must be noted that even love does not distract Jordan’s thoughts from the duty of the code hero. He merely found a new reason what to die for in Spain - he comes to the conclusion that he was brought there to find love. On the other hand, he takes a very sentimental view of love, which he says is "the
So far he had not affected his resolution but he would much prefer not to die. He would abandon a hero’s or a martyr’s end gladly. (Hemingway, 1981, 196)
Not only did love come to into his life but also death signs seem to be haunting Jordan throughout the novel:
It was three o'clock. Then he heard the far-off, distant throbbing and, looking up, he saw the planes. (ibid, 330)
The planes are "throbbing," just almost like living. This may be explained as an ironic view that they are like machines of death. Furthermore, it indicates that Jordan is trying to prepare himself to his possible death as more and more interior monologues appear in the novel where he tries to calm himself and concentrate on his mission. What's more, an important symbol in this episode is the time - three o'clock. “It has a mystical connection with an approaching death as three o'clock is a religious symbol - the hour at which Christ died on the cross, and thus implies approaching martyrdom” (Wylder, 1969, 147).
Jordan's condemnation of his father's suicide foreshadows a decision that he will have to make at the end of the novel. The theme of suicide was first introduced with the character of Kashkin, the one who worked with the band before Jordan and with whom the band first drew parallels to Jordan. At first, death only sometimes dominated Jordan's thoughts. Later any act of thinking sees coming death. This way a threatening mood of awaiting doom is created all through the novel.
Superstition appears in chapter 31, as even the realist Jordan is now reading signs. He feels that making love to Maria is "not good luck for the last night." Maria herself seems to believe that they are going to die when she says they should "get everything said
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