At often times, the overbearing reality pushes an individual to escape. In The Wars, Timothy Findley embarks on the idea that a war is more than just a physical battle; it battles emotionally also. Findley emphasizes the development of desiring to escape the harsh reality. The protagonist, Robert Ross goes through this as he develops hardships internally and externally during the first World War. In the beginning of the novel, the distress of losing his sister appear to spark his new desire to escape from reality. As he makes the decision to enlist in the war as a method of escape, his internal and external conflicts begin to grow within him as the war causes him to go against what he believes in. As Robert finds who he truly is, the urgency
