While Robert Jordan, the primary character in the novel, meets the leader of a guerilla band, he notices that the man is sad. He distinguishes that men who are sad during the war are weak as at any moment they could do something drastic and threatening to the welfare of winning the war. Then, he talks about how the best people in wars are ones who stay happy despite their despondent surroundings. This begins to develop Robert Jordan as a character throughout the novel. He is conscientious of his surroundings and what they mean to his task of blowing the bridge. This passage also foreshadows that possibly soon, he could become sad, or that Pablo may take a turn for the worse.
In addition, I found this passage as a beginning of passages that
In addition, I found this passage as a beginning of passages that