Chris Martinez
Karen Garcia
Erricka Delamancha
Eric Salazar
Photography

During 1936-1939 Robert Capa took photographs of the punish civil war. Death of a Loyalist Soldier is the photograph our group is going to recreate. As you can see the soldier is by himself. This picture is actually a real shot. Robert Capa quotes that hat if your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.
This picture shows a dying republican soldier in the outskirts of Spain. The photo shows a Spanish republican soldier getting shot. This symbolizes what happens in real life which is that the republicans lost. This scene is taking place in a war zone (fields)in Spain. This photo captures not only a soldier but the great scenery of Spain (not actually Spain). There is a lot of emotion in this photo because of the facial expression given off by the actor.



my final essay

Erricka De La Mancha
Guerrero
Humanities
April 1st, 2009
The Spanish Revolution
Imagine if you were fighting for something that you felt so passionately about you were willing to go to war and all of your country was on the same side as you and a foreign journalist wrote about the war in their opinion because they are not from your country and don’t know the passion for fighting for something as an important as what type of government they are going to have .This is what the citizens of Spain felt for many years because they kept changing the form of government for a long time. During the time of the Spanish Civil War taking place from 1936- 1940 in Spain there was some American journalists living in Spain to cover the Spanish civil War, For example Ernest Hemingway wrote the book For Whom the Bell Tolls taking place in Spain. The opinion of an American is very different from a Spaniard because they know their culture and know what they were fighting for which was for the government to go from a monarchy to a republic. After reading the book many people disliked Ernest Hemingway because they feel that he made war seem beautiful.
From the article “The Spirit Lives”: A personal perspective on the Spanish Civil War written by Margarette Loke explains who led the war, what troops were fighting and why. The Spanish civil war pitted the well equipped and well trained nationalists who are also known as the fascists who still believe in keeping the government a monarchy. The nationalists were led by Franco. Franco’s forces were supported by Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini, leaders of the fascists. This was an unequal contest because of the leftist republicans. The republicans were supported by the Soviet Union who all had little fighting experience. Together the government created a popular army and militarized the militia. The Civil War broke out and became considered a revolution by how many citizens wanted a change in their government. There was an underground movement where there were some people wanting to make Spain a communist country but did not succeed.
The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls took place in a forest includes the main character name is Robert Jordan who is the protagonist he is an American that supports the republican side. He set out to Spain on a mission, a mission to blow up a bridge for the antifascist guerrilla forces, Robert Jordan Is someone that is very reserved and to himself and doesn’t let personal opinions or the opinions of other get in the way of his work. Then there’s Pablo who is the leader of the guerilla group, No one likes to really be around him as much as they have to because he only cares about himself which makes him come off as an unpleasant person. Pablo is against the republicans. This becomes a big issue because Roberto Jordan hopes that he can rely on Pablo not to say anything about Robert Jordan’s mission being to blow up the bridge. There is a romance in this book that has to do with Maria who is madly in love with Robert Jordan and Robert Jordan loves her too, Maria was a victim of rape by the fascist who invaded Marias town. These three characters are the most important because they all have different point of views dealing with the war and it gives a better understanding on the war and if these were the opinions of these three people and how they felt so strongly imagine how all of Spain must of felt. Especially with Pablo and Robert Jordan because Pablo is basically opposed the republicans Robert Jordan is afraid that he could ruin their mission. The ending is amazing. Just how the novel took place starting in a forest is how this novel ends. After the death and wounds being done by the evil fascists to Robert Jordan's group, he knew something was soon to happen to him. As the rest of the group tries to get away a bullet is shot, the bullet was aimed at Robert Jordan but it hit his horse also getting Robert Jordan's left leg being severely wounded to the point where he knew he could no longer precede with the group. He had thought of killing himself then but decides to show his strength to the fascists, Robert Jordan had lived a good long life has been through so much and wouldn't want it to end in an awful way such as that. Soon after that a lieutenant comes to Robert Jordan as he lies dead.

The opinion of an American journalist is very different from a soldier fighting for the government of Spain. Although For Whom the Bell Tolls gave accurate background about the Civil War it romanticized the idea of war too much where it made the war seem peaceful and beautiful when it wasn’t it was very brutal. Ernest Hemingway represented an important part of the war in the characters in the novel.
The Spanish Civil War has changed many people that have lived through the Civil War because it was simply the argument of becoming a monarchy or becoming a republic. This war was no “fairy tale” where the good guys win. In this case it’s quite the opposite the bad guys won. Obviously fighting against a group with evil leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini the war the republicans needed a miracle to help them win.