them? This was the theme of the novel The Wars by Timothy Findley, that is exactly what happened. Findley took a sensitive caring individual, Robert Ross and sent him to war. Ross became unable to cope with all of the events that were taking place around him, and eventually went insane. The life that Robert Ross had lived before was nothing compared to what he was experiencing during war.

When Robert Ross was a child he was the captain of everything, a popular and academic student. Friends and family loved him, and he was the ideal of any boy in the community. One would think that Robert would have no problem handling the world he

lived in, but that would be an inaccurate statement. The first sign of trouble, was Rowena뭩 death. Robert and Rowena were very close as brother and sister, losing one another was unbearable for Robert, which started a spiral down to the end result, insanity. Little things like killing Rowena뭩 rabbits could not be done,

help him make sense of what went on in the chaotic world during the war. But in the end, helping all the time ended up as being the destruction of himself. Helping people and animals out was the only sane, and realist thing that Robert Ross knew during the war.

miss Juliet D뭀rsey to explain what kind of a person Robert Ross was during critical points in the story. Right after the scene when Robert is with Harris in the hospital his compassion is reinforced with a transcript from Juliet D뭀rsey discussing the relationship

was "...because he loved her." (page 24). However, Robert does not want to have the rabbits killed and he does not want to do it. Robert sees the rabbits as being a part of Rowena, that would imply would truly be dead, so Robert tries to stop the murdering of

story then picks up in 1915 but jumps back to when his sister dies. Throughout the story there is also an element of confusion as the people telling the story, and therefore the perspective also, are constantly changing. The time sequence in this novel varies because

Through out the story, Timothy Findley keeps bring up the use of fire. The symbolism of fire in the novel illustrates a feeling of pain and emotional distress, which Robert Ross experiences. The following quotes will help prove my views on the symbolism of fire.

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