The Wars Timothy Findley Analysis

Register to read the introduction… His pistol hung down from his fingers between his knees. He still wore his uniform with its torn lapels and burned sleeves. In the firelight, his eyes were very bright. His lips were slightly parted. He could not breathe through his nose. It was broken. His face and the backs of his hands were streaked with clay and sweat. His hair hung down across his forehead. He was absolutely still. He had wandered now for over a week. (The Wars, By Timothy Findley 1). He is mentally beaten up and has been nomadic around for the last few weeks. A hero in his life has to go through a lot of hard tasks to succeed and be successful in it. This exemplifies that Robert is in the process of being a hero and going through many predicaments to achieve it. In addition, to that he also faces one of the elements of nature which is water. The four nature of elements are related to the trials of a hero: “If two men turned sideways, the passageway was blocked. Light was forbidden. Some, in the ballroom, lighted matches from time to time and these flared up and showed somebody’s face and died” (The Wars By Timothy Findley, page 63). He had to go through everyday philosophy it would be his last, because the conditions were very frightful, and everyday a few men would die because of various diseases or sea sickness in the war. Overall Robert Ross can be measured as a hero in the novel “The Wars” …show more content…
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