Individuals identities have already been chosen for them; but it is up to the individual to accept that identity, or to fight and change it to the identity they wish for. The novel The Wars, by Timothy Findley, shows that when an individual gets faced with an adverse situation of hardship it allows them to change their identity making them become someone they did not imagine becoming, leading to the consequence of…(fill in after)… Robert faced many changes throughout the novel. Before the war he cared for Rowena, after a tragic event he started to become a soldier and was sent off for training. After being shipped off to the war Robert started to become more of a soldier, but then by the end being faced with who he really is. Robert was a
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“He wanted someone who had acquired that state of mind: who killed as an exercise of the will.” (26) Robert wanted someone who he could depend of that would teach his and show him how to be a soldier, this person he would look up to and they would change his identity to becoming a soldier. While Robert and Clifford were sent out to look for two missing mustangs, they ran into a hero, Eugene Taffler. Taffler was “killing bottles” (31) when the two young men met him. Robert thought “that perhaps he’d found the model he could emulate-a man whom killing wasn’t killing at all but only throwing.” (33) Robert needed help to change his identity of being a soldier and Taffler had the mindset that Robert wanted. Soon after training Robert and his brother officers boarded and were sent to England. During the long travel, Robert was ordered by his Sergeant that lead to a self-conflict in Robert to fight against his morals and put a horse, that had broken its leg, out of its misery. “Roberts brain began its stammering.” (59) “He held the gun in both hands. He pressed it hard behind the horse’s ear and swore at the horse: ‘God dammit, damn it, damn it-stop it.’” (62-63) It took Robert six tries to finally kill the horse, this was the first thing that started to change Roberts identity, he
“He wanted someone who had acquired that state of mind: who killed as an exercise of the will.” (26) Robert wanted someone who he could depend of that would teach his and show him how to be a soldier, this person he would look up to and they would change his identity to becoming a soldier. While Robert and Clifford were sent out to look for two missing mustangs, they ran into a hero, Eugene Taffler. Taffler was “killing bottles” (31) when the two young men met him. Robert thought “that perhaps he’d found the model he could emulate-a man whom killing wasn’t killing at all but only throwing.” (33) Robert needed help to change his identity of being a soldier and Taffler had the mindset that Robert wanted. Soon after training Robert and his brother officers boarded and were sent to England. During the long travel, Robert was ordered by his Sergeant that lead to a self-conflict in Robert to fight against his morals and put a horse, that had broken its leg, out of its misery. “Roberts brain began its stammering.” (59) “He held the gun in both hands. He pressed it hard behind the horse’s ear and swore at the horse: ‘God dammit, damn it, damn it-stop it.’” (62-63) It took Robert six tries to finally kill the horse, this was the first thing that started to change Roberts identity, he