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The Wars by Timothy Findley Many people say that the metal of a man is found in his ability to keep his ideals in spite of anything that life can through at you. If a man is found to have done these things he can be called a hero. Through a lifelong need to accept responsibility for all living things, Robert Ross defines his heroism by keeping faith with his ideals despite the betrayal, despair and tragedy he suffers throughout the course of The Wars by Timothy Findley.      Many times throughout

French word is used in the middle of a sentence: “reveille” which means to wake up (Findley 165). Is this done to refer to the setting in France? -Question- Robert mentions that he had left his binoculars in his kit bag. I wonder if this is a conscious decision to keep that part in the text. Immediately, it had reminded me of the German soldier as he too was seen with the binoculars. Is it a coincidence that Findley mentioned the binoculars among other things? Page 166 -Animals/Question-

According to Brandon Mull, the New York Times bestselling author of the Beyonoders series, “…heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequence” (Mull 39). In The Wars by Timothy Findley, the protagonist, Robert Ross, displays key characteristics of heroism throughout his struggle to maintain his morality. In the novel, Robert displays an admiration for the sanctity of life, a desire to achieve the greatest good, and a virtuous moral conscience which all contribute to him achieving

alter the way we think about fellow people, it can create prejudices or injustices, it can destroy huge amounts of land, culture, and other tangible parts of a community and it can drastically drop the number of people within a community. Timothy Findley makes a point to show his readers the amount of deaths have occurred as one reads the novel. Effect this has is to remind people that war is not simply an event in which many good stories have came out of it, it is a time of tragedy and the author

That’s what Timothy Findley believed in despite having health illness and dropping out of 10th grade. He found himself in writing as Timothy Findley “published eight more novels, three short-story collections, and two memoirs” (2) Impressive isn’t it? Timothy Irving Frederick Findley was a successful Canadian author with a victorious childhood, many accomplishments and contribution to Canadian literature throughout his life. Born on 30th October in Toronto, Ontario, Findley enjoyed a luxurious

be devastated, or to rise above their difficulties and try to return their former sprit and identity back. In the struggle to deal with adversity an individual’s sprit and identity can suffer pain and uncertainty. The novel ‘The Wars’ by Timothy Findley exhibits that in the middle of adversity, individuals are

"Tuffy" Goff aka: Findley Norris Goff Although there are many famous Arkansans, Findly Norris Goff is the one who seemed most interesting to me. Abner is his TV/radio name, and what everybody knew him as. Abner had a partner, they called him Lum. These partners were the radio//TV hit. Findly Norris Goff led a very interesting life. Chet Luack, and his partner Findley Norris Goff created Lum and Abner, a program on the radio that was based on the people of Pine Ridge. It was so popular, it was voted

extremely vital in building the basis of the more complex concepts that are known today. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars, the presence of the four elements act as leit motifs in the novel and help shape the central themes that the novel is based on. Findley uses the elements to enhance certain portions of the story, painting an image for the reader. Water is one of the more recognizable elements of the four, as many people do not consciously think about the air they are breathing or the ground they are

The Novel "The Wars by Timothy Findley" as a Coming of Age Story A coming age story involves the journey of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood which includes all the events that arise in the process. It can also be regarded as a journey that moves a young person from naïve to astute and from an idealist to a realist. The novel The Wars by Timothy Findley presents the life of a young man who is transformed by the warring of events that occur in his life. He hails from a family where the father

audience has been shaped by their culture and community. In The Wars and The Great Gatsby, when Findley and Fitzgerald, respectively, wrote of emotional and physical violence or a society that hyperfocuses on wealth, they connect not only to the struggles of their era, but the constants of the human spirit: fallibility, a desire to belong or be part of something great, and hope. In this sense, Findley and Fitzgerald write for those susceptible to these traits, to teach the audiences of both its allure