For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by

Ernest Hemingway

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Lieutenant Paco Berrendo Character Analysis

The Lieutenant Paco Berrendo is a fascist who leads the fight against El Sordo and his group on the hill. After his best friend, a lieutenant named Julian, is killed, Berrendo kills Joaquin and orders the beheading of El Sordo and his guerrillas after they are dead; nonetheless, he is more cautious about the attack than Captain Mora.

Lieutenant Paco Berrendo Quotes in For Whom the Bell Tolls

The For Whom the Bell Tolls quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Paco Berrendo or refer to Lieutenant Paco Berrendo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Love in War Theme Icon
).
Chapter 43 Quotes

Lieutenant Berrendo, watching the trail, came riding up, his thin face serious and grave. His submachine gun lay across his saddle in the crook of his left arm. Robert Jordan lay behind the tree, holding onto himself very carefully and delicately to keep his hands steady. He was waiting until the officer reached the sunlit place where the first trees of the pine forest joined the green slope of the meadow. He could feel his heart beating against the pine needle floor of the forest.

Related Characters: Robert Jordan / Roberto / The Young Man, Lieutenant Paco Berrendo
Page Number: 471
Explanation and Analysis:
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Lieutenant Paco Berrendo Quotes in For Whom the Bell Tolls

The For Whom the Bell Tolls quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Paco Berrendo or refer to Lieutenant Paco Berrendo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Love in War Theme Icon
).
Chapter 43 Quotes

Lieutenant Berrendo, watching the trail, came riding up, his thin face serious and grave. His submachine gun lay across his saddle in the crook of his left arm. Robert Jordan lay behind the tree, holding onto himself very carefully and delicately to keep his hands steady. He was waiting until the officer reached the sunlit place where the first trees of the pine forest joined the green slope of the meadow. He could feel his heart beating against the pine needle floor of the forest.

Related Characters: Robert Jordan / Roberto / The Young Man, Lieutenant Paco Berrendo
Page Number: 471
Explanation and Analysis: