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sentence of chapter 35 is also much tensed as we see Jordon tracking the time:He lay there holding her very lightly, feeling her breathe and feeling her heart beat, and keeping track of the time on his wrist watch. (ibid, 401)
Even love cannot end Jordan's preoccupation and calm his worries. Maria's breathing symbolises life, and the ticking of the clock foreshadows that this life is limited.
3. KILLING AS A PART OF GUERRILLAS’ LIFE
In his novel Hemingway describes the irresistible desire to kill that comes from the corruption of human morality often revealed by a symbol of animals. Agustin admits that "when I saw those four there and thought that we might kill them. I was like a mare in the corral waiting for the stallion." (ibid, 315)
Hemingway uses religion to describe even the desire to kill. In the following passage, however, it is ironically a violent religious act, the "Auto de Fe" or Spanish Inquisition that Jordan uses to describe the "corruption"
It is their extra sacrament ... they are the people of the Auto de Fe, the act of faith. Killing is something one must do, but ours are different from theirs. And you, he thought, you have never been corrupted by it? (ibid, 315)
Accordingly, we see that Hemingway has a realistic view of Spain, both its contemporary and historical downfalls as well as the greatness. Hemingway is even more ironic when he says that Anselmo, who objects to killing, is "a Christian. Something very rare in Catholic countries." It seems that “the Inquisition could be a symbol for the corruption that has rotted the Republican cause. The propaganda - whether religious or political doctrine – is euphemism or justification for the bloodshed of power struggles”. (Lee, 1983, 25)
The defeat of El Sordo is a very painful account to read while he is seen at his most terrible and hopeless situation. Knowing that they will be killed soon, El Sordo and his men spend their final moments trying to kill as many of their enemies as they could. This helped little but spilled more blood. Ironically, despite their efforts, they are killed quickly by the dropping of a bomb. “They are unable to prove themselves as soldiers when an impersonal and inhuman force from above effortlessly destroys them”. (ibid, 30)
In chapter 34 Andres travels through the countryside and thinks about his brothers in his home village. He is happy that he will not be back for the attack in the morning. He anticipates that the band is doomed. Andres' reminiscing paints another portrait of Spanish life before the war. Thinking about his village and his friends Andres understands that his enemies are merely men like he himself. A major theme is repeated here, that peasants such as Andres are no longer willing to die for the
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