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    A Study Guide for John Hersey's "A Bell For Adano"
    A Study Guide for John Hersey's "A Bell For Adano"
    A Study Guide for John Hersey's "A Bell For Adano"
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    A Study Guide for John Hersey's "A Bell For Adano"

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    A Study Guide for John Hersey's "A Bell For Adano," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateMar 14, 2016
    ISBN9781535826587
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      A Study Guide for John Hersey's "A Bell For Adano" - Gale

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      A Bell for Adano

      John Hersey

      1944

      Introduction

      A Bell for Adano is a war novel by American author John Hersey, published in 1944 and currently available as a version published by Vintage in 1988. It is based in the fictional town of Adano at the time of the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. Hersey had covered the invasion as a journalist for Time magazine.

      Adano is based on the real-life town of Licata, and the protagonist of the story, Major Victor Joppolo, is based on some of the experiences of Major Frank E. Toscani, the American Army officer who was Licata's military governor at the time. Hersey spent several days visiting Toscani, who told him of replacing the town's much-loved seven-hundred-year-old bell, which had been taken from the town by the Fascists to be melted down and used in the war effort.

      Another character in the novel, General Martin, is based on a real-life model, in this case General George S. Patton, Jr., commander of the U.S. Seventh Army at the time. The incident in which Martin orders the shooting of a mule is based on a real incident during the war.

      A Bell for Adano revolves around the efforts of Joppolo to reestablish civilian trust in the authorities. He believes in the power of democracy, and he makes great efforts to get the town back on its feet after its citizens have been beaten down by decades of Fascist rule. His sincerity and decency win the townspeople over, and the novel is a tribute to how people can learn to cooperate with one another under benevolent American tutelage.

      Author Biography

      John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, on June 17, 1914, the son of Roscoe and Grace Baird Hersey, who were missionaries. In 1924, the family moved back to the United States and settled in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Hersey attended public schools and then earned a scholarship to attend Hotchkiss School. Later he entered Yale University, graduating in 1936. He began working as a journalist for Time magazine in 1937, and during World War II, he covered the fighting in the South Pacific as well as Europe for Time and Life magazines. In 1942, he was cited by the secretary of the Navy for helping to evacuate the wounded from Guadalcanal. He accompanied Allied troops in the invasion of Sicily in 1943, surviving several plane crashes. In 1944, he covered the war in Moscow. After the war ended, he spent time in Japan in 1945 and 1946.

      Hersey's first two books were journalistic accounts of the war in the Pacific. His first novel was A Bell

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