La Pasionaria was a famous Republican fighter and a real historical figure. She is briefly mentioned in the novel as a distant figurehead of the Republican movement, one untethered from the reality of war: Karkov speaks with a member of her group, who tells him that she has erroneously informed the Republicans that the fascists have begun fighting among themselves (in fact, they have launched an attack on El Sordo’s group in the hills).
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Dolores Ibarruri / La Pasionaria Character Timeline in For Whom the Bell Tolls
The timeline below shows where the character Dolores Ibarruri / La Pasionaria appears in For Whom the Bell Tolls. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 27
...the young soldier Joaquin, begin to dig in the dirt to make mounds. They discuss La Pasionaria , who has a son in Russia, and one of the men tells another, who...
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...nothing to help, but Sordo says that there is nothing she can do. They discuss La Pasionaria ’s rumored Russian son, and Sordo says that the fascists will attack again when the...
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Chapter 32
...the fascists have been “fighting among themselves near Segovia,” “bombing their own troops with planes.” “Dolores” brought the news herself, the news “shining” from her “with a light that was not...
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...man, “short, chunky, jovial-looking,” a Hungarian divisional commander. Karkov asks him about the news from Dolores (La Pasionaria), and the commander says that “all the journalists should be shot,” including “the...
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