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Homage to Catalonia – Ross Swanson's Blog
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Ross Swanson's Blog. Ross Swanson's Blog. June 2, 2016. June 9, 2016. I thought about the hypotheses that Jon mentioned in class at the beginning of the course, particularly the hypothesis that the Spanish Civil War was not really civil, nor was it a war. In the previous novels, we have seen that the war tends to be portrayed as a revolution, which is maintained here. Orwell talks often about the revolutionary spirit of the war that was intentionally sabotaged by the Communist Party. 8220; seas of carmin...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ross Swanson's Blog
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Ross Swanson's Blog. Ross Swanson's Blog. June 9, 2016. June 9, 2016. For Whom the Bell Tolls. After yesterday’s classroom discussion, I have become more and more convinced of the important role that land, terrain, and the natural world play in the novel. As we noted, the first passages of the novel address this aspect, and the ways that the characters interact with the environment comes up time and time again as the plot advances. Sweet grass the Indians used in their baskets? That was the odor of the c...
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Réquiem por un campesino español – Ross Swanson's Blog
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Ross Swanson's Blog. Ross Swanson's Blog. May 12, 2016. June 9, 2016. Réquiem por un campesino español. Creo que podemos estar de acuerdo que. Réquiem por un campesino español. Personalmente, cuando lo leí, sólo pude pensar que era una gran debilidad de los pobres: cómo pretende la República seguir en poder cuando la mayoría de su pueblo ni siquiera sabe de la existencia de su aliado más importante? 3 thoughts on “ Réquiem por un campesino español. May 12, 2016 at 2:55 am. May 12, 2016 at 8:13 am.