Bridge As A Symbol

1. PRESENTED BY :- ADITI VALA
MA SEM :- 02
BATCH :- 2020-2022
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ENROLLMENT NO. :- 3069206420200018
PAPER NO. :- 108 [ THE AMERICAN LITERATURE ]
TOPIC :- BRIDGE AS A SYMBOL : FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
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2. BRIDGE AS A SYMBOL :
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

3. : FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS :
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• “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940.
• It was published just after the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), whose
general lines were well known at the time.
• It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a
Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War.
• As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of
Segovia.
• It assumes the reader knows that the war was between the government of the
Second Spanish Republic, which many foreigners went to Spain to help and which
was supported by the Soviet Union, and the Nationalist faction, which was
supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

4. : BRIDGE AS A SYMBOL :
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• Symbols are words that suggest much more than they mean on the
surface and are necessary to help us express some ideas.
• Then, a symbol is a word or phrase or image that stands for large ideas.
Not only are we capable of forming concepts for which there are no
physical object to point to, but it is also possible for us to have moods,
feeling for which we do not even have practice words.
• That is where symbols come in. Therefore, it is very interesting to analyze
the topic of the Symbols in Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell tolls,
the bridge as the symbol of rebellion and war.
• This thesis wants to discuss the bridge as connector, the bridge as the
symbol of rebellion and war, the bridge as the symbol of power.
• The bridge has an important thing and as the symbol of power, while for
the Republican, bridge is the symbol of rebellion and as an important
thing for their future.

5. : THE BRIDGE AS A SYMBOL OF POWER :
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• The power of that country can be known from the bridge of
that country. The strength of the country can be known.
• Because it costs a lot to build a bridge. And that cost can
only be done by rich countries. On the other hand, the
strength of a bridge can be measured by its strength. The
stronger the bridge, the greater its strength.
• In the same way, the countries that have built strong bridges
have more power. Because they have spent a lot of money
to build that bridge. There are many such world famous
bridges.
• Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of Australia’s most well known
and photographed landmarks, so many others world famous
bridges.

6. : THE BRIDGE AS A SYMBOL OF POWER :
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• The Golden Gate Bridge came to be recognized as a symbol of the power and progress of the
United States, and it set a precedent for suspension-bridge design around the world.
• Although other bridges have since surpassed it in size, it remains incomparable in the magnificence
of its setting and is said to be the most photographed bridge in the world.
• Modern suspension bridges are light and aesthetically pleasing and can span longer distances than
any other bridge form. They are also among the most expensive bridges to construct.

7. : THE BRIDGE AS CONNECTOR :
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• The bridge is inherently symbolic of communication and union,
whether it be between heaven and earth or two distinct realms. For
this reason it can be seen as the connection between God and Man.
• A bridge serves to connect two different ends. So it can be said that
the bridge serves to connect.
• In which one can be connected from one village to another, from
one state to another, from one state to another. They interact with
each other.
• In dreams, a bridge symbolizes the passage from one state to
another, higher one, like an ascension; it is the end of one cycle and
the beginning of another.
• In many cultures it is the link between what can be perceived and
what is beyond perception, or at least a change or desire for change.

8. • The bridge is therefore used more as a connector as a symbol in
the human mind.
• The bridges are also very important in transportation and
traveling, especially for trains with many bridges built so that
travel can be done easily.
• The thoughts of human beings exchange ideas with each other
and a bridge of those thoughts is built. There is also a bridge in
human relationships.
• The bridge is therefore used more as a connector as a symbol in
the human mind.

9. : THE BRIDGE AS THE SYMBOL OF WAR :
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• The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attaches to a
republican guerilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As an expert in the use of bombs, he
is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia.
• Then, a symbol is a word or phrase or image that stands for large ideas. Not only are we
capable of forming concepts for which there are no physical object to point to, but it is
also possible for us to have moods, feeling for which we do not even have practice words.
• Because many battles have been fought through the bridge and many soldiers have come
from outside and fought for the battle through the bridge, which we see in history.
• There have also been terrorist attacks on many of the world’s bridges. Since bridges are
used to move from one country to another, whenever a country has to go to war, people
use this bridge to sound. So the bridge can be identified as a rebellious symbol, which led
to many wars and for which many wars took place.

10. • In this novel Pablo and Pilar’s relationship—though also developed during
war—does not prove strengthening or encouraging for either of the fighters.
• From the beginning, Pilar and Pablo’s relationship is strained by their differing
views on the value of destroying a bridge in the mountains outside of Madrid,
where the guerillas have been fighting, to cut off access to the area for the
Francoist fascist forces.
• When Pilar announces that she is “for the Republic,” and thus supports Jordan’s
plan to detonate the bridge, Pablo calls her foolhardy, with a “head of a seed
bull and a heart of a whore”: this debate continues to strain their relationship
and makes the guerillas lose faith in Pablo as a leader as he becomes
increasingly erratic and fearful.
• Attacks are made on each other to create an atmosphere of war.

11. : CONCLUSION :
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• The bridge as a conecter to the bridge as a power and the bridge as a rebellion.
• Based on the events that have taken place in history, the wars that have taken place in
modern times, the web series and films that are taking place in the present times .
• Many wars have been fought by bridges in different countries.
• Bridges have been infiltrated in many places. Many bridges are blown up by bombs.
• A lot of literature depicts rebellion and war by bridges. So it can be said that the bridge is a
symbol of rebellion and war.

12. : REFRENCE :
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• Brenner, Gerry. "EPIC MACHINERY IN HEMINGWAY'S 'FOR WHOM THE BELL
TOLLS." Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 16, no. 4, 1970, pp. 491-504. JSTOR,
www.jstor.org/stable/26279232.
• Bridges Quotes (94 quotes). (2019). Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/bridges.
• Foca, Anna. "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Mar. 2017,
https://www.britannica.com/topic/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-novel-by-Hemingway.
Accessed 23 June 2021.