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John Donne first wrote the words, Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. It is the last part of a longer passage in Mediation XVII of his Devotions Upon Emergent... Star Gazing
He portrayed what he saw as his fatherâs weak character in âThe Doctor and the Doctorâs Wifeâ and âFathers and Sons.â In âFor Whom the Bell Tolls,â Hemingway places the story in Robert Jordanâs history: âHe was just a coward and that was the worst luck any man could have. Because if he wasnât a coward he would have stood up to that woman and not let her bully him. . . .