In the story "War" by Timothy Findley‚ it is evident to the reader that the title is not actually talking about the war that is in the story but is talking about a different type of war. In the story the reader learns that the war that is being referred to is the war between Neil and his father. Neil is going though a tough time because his father is joining the army and this is hard for him to understand. Throughout the story the reader is trying to find out what the title really mean and it becomes
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inferior and they start to have feelings of anger‚ sadness‚ and pity themselves. In the short story “war” by Timothy Findley‚ the main character goes through numerous of feelings that were a product of his father mistrust and his own understanding of war.
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The relationships that Robert Ross encounters are significant because they contribute to personal growth and individuality. Timothy Findley’s “The Wars” depicts the protagonist sexuality through conflicts and carries out the plot by reflecting upon Roberts continuous mysterious relationships. His relationships between Ella‚ Captain Taffler and Harris are significant factors influencing Roberts’s attraction towards men and women. These relationships enable him to evolve from a sensitive 19-year-old
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Author Timothy Findley Timothy Findley is a native of Toronto‚ Ontario. He was born in 1930 and grew up in the Rosedale district of Toronto. Growing up‚ Timothy Findley knew that he wanted to be an artist of some form. He studied dance and later acting‚ which had more success. While acting‚ he met one of his current life long friends; actress Ruth Gordon. Gordon convinced Findley that writing was his real talent and that he should pursue it further with more concentration. So findley gave
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novel‚ The Piano Man’s Daughter deals this idea of learning from past mistakes‚ and the author Timothy Findley does expands this idea further to the possibility of inheriting the same mistake to the next generation. The Piano
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The Wars Justification. Defined as the act of justifying something. To serve as an acceptable reason or excuse for our actions‚ based on actual or believed information. Throughout the history of not only the modern world‚ but certainly back to the "barest essentials of reason" our species have made decisions that have effectively shaped our world into what it is today. Or have not. The judgments made in the past may also have been relatively insignificant to a larger picture‚ but would still
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aspect in The Wars is the fact that Findley uses incomplete sentences on the readers which makes the reader fill in the gaps on the important sentences. This is evident when the protagonist in the novel The Wars is on his way to Bailleul and comes across a small farm and notices that there is a cow in the yard and “he thought: there cannot be war” (Findley‚ 167). This sentence leaves a gap for the reader to fill in‚ as they are left without any answer why Robert believed there could not be war because
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***** *** ENG *** Mrs. ***** June 12‚ 2013 The Importance of a Father in a Family In literature‚ authors emphasize the importance of family members. In The Piano Man’s Daughter written by Timothy Findley‚ the role of a father in a family is important. For example‚ Charlie Kilsworth does not figure out who his father is until long after his mother‚ Lily Kilsworth‚ dies. During his childhood‚ Lily does not tell Charlie who his father is. As a result of such action‚ Charlie refuses to have children
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and “The Wars” Timothy Findley was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He has written many novels such as The Last of the Crazy People and The Butterfly Plague. Findley also writes an extraordinary novel titled The Wars. This novel is about a young man whose name is Robert Ross and is on his way to war because he feels guilty about the death of his sister. Mentally and physically he is not ready for war because he feels much violated of his privacy. As Robert is in the war to end all wars‚ his family
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The Wars: Four Elements It was the ancient Greek philosopher‚ Empedocles‚ who first established the four elements: earth‚ water‚ air and fire. He also stated that everything in the world is structured by and rooted in these four elements. However during times of conflict and violence‚ humans begin to disturb this harmony. When this happens‚ the elements stop representing life and start representing a form of destruction. Throughout Robert Ross’s journey in The Wars‚ Timothy Findley exemplifies
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