Good afternoon/day ladies and gentlemen. Today I will talk about a classic novel by Ernest Hemmingway called For Whom the Bell Tolls, written in 1940. The story is about a young American called Robert Jordan, who is part of the anti-fascist guerrilla squad in the Spanish Civil War. Robert's special ability involves the use of explosives, and in the book his mission is to destroy a bridge, so that others can attack a city called Segovia. A classic novel and genre is something that can be related to modern life, as soon as it doesn't relate, it usually stops being a classic. However, for a book to remain a classic, the writer must be a good, successful writer, and people must appreciate his books, what he writes about, and why. For Whom the Bell Tolls is partly based on Hemmingway's experiences, and after the publication of For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemmingway became one of America's most important writers. I think For Whom the Bell Tolls is a classic because it's a story of The Spanish Civil War and, basically, war in general. People can always relate to it as long as there's a war going on, so right now, given the reality of the war in Iraq, people can relate to the book. One of the reasons the book became so popular so quickly is because World War II broke out soon after its publication. The style in which Ernest Hemmingway writes is different from that of other writers of his time. Hemmingway doesn't go on and on, but there's always something going on, some action in progress or some action being planned. One of the main differences with Hemmingway's style is that in For Whom the Bell Tolls, the story constantly changes from one character to another. This way, the reader sees more aspects of what is happening and knows what each character is doing in more detail. The type of language Hemmingway uses is simple; however the characters in the book sometimes speak different languages. In some parts of the book, however, the language seems extremely old-fashioned and some characters use words like "you" and basically old English words. Other than that, Hemmingway's sentence structure is simple to understand. People can relate to the book because they can imagine what it's like for the characters and they get a sense of what the setting is like..