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Part II The title For Whom the Bell Tolls symbolizes the uncertainty of life and destiny, where the main character in this story finds himself in a series of unpredictable situations that are beyond his control. The only certain event in life is death and shrewd that this may happen to anyone at any time, renders the protagonist powerless against destiny, which he approaches with a fatalistic disposition. Part III For Whom the Bell Tolls takes place in Spain, during the bloody civil war, between the years of 1938 and 1942. It unravels among people who live in the rural mountain areas of Spain. They were forced to kill others in order to bear and to defend their country from fascist. The environment where the actions unfolds are the roughed mountains. A lot of putting to death takes place in this story. It certainly was a time of fear and desperation. many an(prenominal) heroic military deeds are depicted here Robert Jordan and his concourse of internationalists sabotaged bridges , trains and building. Lots of peasants are starved, tortured and killed, and many children were left orphaned. Part IV 1 "He lay flat on the brown, ache-needle floor of the forest, his elevate on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine tree"(p.1) 2 "He crosses the stream, picked a double handful, washed the grungy roots clean in the current and then sat exhaust again beside his pack and ate the clean, cool green leaves and the crisp, peppery-tasting stalks"(p.12) 3 "Robert Jordan take a breath deeply of the clear night air of the mountains that smelled of the pines and of the dew grass in the meadow by the stream. Dew had fallen heavily sin the wind had dropped."(p.64) 4 " straightway the morning was late May, the sky was high and clear and the wind blew agile on Robert Jordans shoulders."(p.311) 5 "Then he heard the far-off, outside throbbing and, looking up, he saw the planes"(p.329) 6 " Sweeeish -crack-boom It came, the swishing like the hindrance of a rocket and there was another up-pulsing of dirt and smoke farther up the hillside"(p.494) 7 "The others came behind him and Robert Jordan saw them crossing the road and slamming on up the green heel over and heard the machine gun turncock at the bridge"(p.505) 8 "He looked very carefully well-nigh the withers of the dead horse and there was a quick beat of firing from behind a boulder well down the slope and he heard the bullets from the submachine gun thud into the horse"(p.