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The Wars written by Timothy Findley shares a great relation to many of the ideas surrounding postmodern society, thus implementing many of the prominent ideas of the time around politics and societal norms into the plot of the story itself. Findley successfully depicts the plot of the novel taking place in the early 1900's; a time in which the western world was emerging from an industrial revolution, bringing radically foreign ideas on politics in the world, including the materialization of the Marxist

Water is a good servant but a cruel master Water is a clear, colourless, odourless, and tasteless liquid; an essential substance for most plant and animal life, and vital for human existence. In his novel, The Wars, Canadian author Timothy Findley uses water, one of the four elements of nature, and discusses its role in the nightmarish world of trench warfare and in a world gone mad. Water imagery serves an important role and it’s meaning evolves throughout the novel. Water symbolizes life, Robert’s

In the novel The Wars, Findley demonstrates that innocence is lost during the war due to the harsh circumstances one is continually exposed too. Self-preservation, in this context, is where one protects themselves from the destruction of war in order to preserver. Often when one is growing up in war times, innocence is lost due to the destruction happening around them. A skull that is found in the photograph, exemplifies honor and preserving one's innocence. Robert Ross is holding the skull in

The element of air gives humans life. Air represents new life and new possibilities. Life is what allows humans to think, feel, see and have emotions. In The Wars by Timothy Findley the element of air pushes humans to reach their full potential. Robert Ross illustrates this with his desire to live, desire to leave a mark and his desire to overcome hardships. Soldiers did not want to just live; but to live for something and leave a legacy in history. The element of air represents life in itself

The Family’s fragility of trust of in Not Wanted on the Voyage The family unit is an essential building block of human society. In Timothy Findley’s novel “Not Wanted on the Voyage”, Findley satirically tells the problem of modern age family’s problem which is isolated family units, parent-with-child relation problems, and an extramarital relationship. His version of the story of the Biblical patriarch Noah and his family. In many societies based on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the original

Findley’s The War is a wartime novel that mainly chronicles the horrors of the First World War. The novel revolves around a young Canadian officer named Robert Ross and his experiences in trench warfare during The War to End All Wars. In The Wars, Findley effectively depicts the lasting impacts on those involved, not only including the physical injuries and lacerations from battle, but also the inner trauma sustained from the mental and emotional warfare while at war. What is interesting about Findley’s

John F. Kennedy once said “mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” (Brainy Quotes) This quote describes the message Timothy Findley was trying to convey using the four elements in his novel “The Wars.” The four elements are water, fire, earth, and air. Findley uses Water to show the reader that as Robert goes through the war he slowly loses both his freedom and his clarity. Fire is used to convey the message that as the war continues, people change how they show passion

narration, Findley explains how Ross is drawn into the war as he commits his last act to declare his vow to a life that stares to death. The author takes the readers through his unique writing

Timothy Findley, the brutal nature of warfare poses as an agent of change, forcing its participants to become products of their environment. Robert Ross, the protagonist, enlists in the military as a way of isolating himself from the death of his older sister Rowena. On the battlefield, Robert and his comrades are constantly subjected to extreme violence. This stimulates a dehumanizing process that forces them to depend on animal instinct. Soldiers lose their

it was so vivid that I went on seeing it - even after I’d run away… All last night I didn’t sleep. I hid the candles under my mattress. Barbara’s shoes and dress I hid in the toy box, and I’ll have to pray that Temple doesn’t want to play today” (Findley 160). From her reaction, it is clear that Juliet is deeply affected by this ordeal, so much that she cannot focus on anything else. Even her hiding of childhood objects, such as the candles and Barbara’s clothes, is symbolic - in the same manner,