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During the war, as soldiers sink into the mud and drown to death in the trenches, their horses die along with them. Robert is horrified by the senselessness of forcing these inherently nonviolent creatures into the brutality of a manmade conflict, believing that “If an animal had done this—we would call it mad and shoot it.”. 1 Findley, a novelist, playwright, essayist, and short story writer, won many awards for his work. He; 1 It would be hard to exaggerate the importance and impact of war on the life and work of Canadian author Timothy Findley (1930-2002). 1 Although he was born in well-to-do Rosedale, Toronto, the two world wars reached deeply into that safe, comfortable world to twist or destroy the lives of.

The youngest child of the Marquis and Marchioness of St. Aubyn’s, who own St. Aubyn’s abbey in London. She is the sister of Juliet, Barbara, Clive, and Michael d’Orsey. At five years old, Temple is twelve-year-old Juliet’s only playmate.
The Wars by Timothy Findley is a 1977 novel about Robert Ross, a young Canadian officer who enlists in the military and fights in the First World War. The novel uses first, second, and third person narrative points of view. By switching between the different perspectives, the novel gives the reader the sense that they are a historian searching.
The protagonist of Timothy Findley's third novel is Robert Ross, a troubled young soldier in the First World War. Ross is haunted by a family tragedy, and traumatized by the worst horrors of.

War has been a constant part of human history. Whether it was World War I or World War II, war has greatly affected all aspects of life. Soldiers, families, countries, and societies, have all suffered through these times. Ultimately, the effects of war are extremely detrimental. Timothy Findley’s masterpiece The Wars portrays the detrimental effects of war and how these effects are endured on a personal level, familial level, and a communal level. On a personal level, the detrimental effects of war have been exemplified through a variety of mediums in Findley’s novel The Wars. Furthermore, Robert Ross is a perfect example of a character who has been greatly affected by the effects of the war. “Robert Ross was no Hitler. That was his problem.”…show more content…
However, as the novel progresses and as he endures the effects of the war, there begins to be a change in Robert’s psyche. “It sang and sang, till Robert rose and walked away. The sound of it would haunt him to the day he died.” (Findley 131) Robert is plagued with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as he is reliving traumatic moments in his life that he cannot forget. This is a direct effect of the war because Robert is forced to live through unpleasing and traumatic moments as the war inevitably progresses. In this quote, Robert encounters a German soldier and he shoots to kill him without hesitation because he thought the German soldier was reaching for his gun however in reality, he was only reaching for his binoculars to get a better look of birds flying overhead. Robert is desensitized and he is no longer this character who was timid and caring but now he is evidently violent and impulsive. Furthermore, events such when “Robert sank to his knees” (Findley 60) because of the shooting of the horse with a broken leg while on board of the S.S. Massanabie. This went against everything…show more content…
Rowell, being Rodwell, had tried to stop them. They would not be stopped—and, seeing that he took an interest, they’d forced him to watch the killing of a cat. Half an hour later, Rodwell wandered into No Man’s Land and put a bullet through his ears. (Findley 135)
Rodwell is forced to see a cat being tortured, he witnesses great cruelty and it ultimately pushes him over the edge. The senseless destruction of the natural world coupled with a seemingly endless amount of cruelty destroys Rowell’s faith in humanity and he proceeds to take his own life because he does not wish to live in a world like this. War tears families apart, both physically and mentally. Findley’s novel exemplifies the destruction of a family through the mind. This is displayed with Robert Ross’s family and the most affected victim was his mother, Mrs.

The Wars
Directed by	Robin Phillips
Produced by	Richard Nielsen
Written by	Timothy Findley
Based on	The Wars by Timothy Findley
Starring	Brent Carver William Hutt Martha Henry
Music by	Glenn Gould
Cinematography	John Coquillon
Edited by	Tony Lower
Nielsen-Ferns International National Film Board of Canada
Distributed by	International Spectrafilm
March 20, 1983
120 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The Wars is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robin Phillips and released in 1983.^[1] An adaptation of the novel The Wars by Timothy Findley, the film centres on Robert Ross (Brent Carver), the immature and closeted gay son of an upper class Rosedale family who enlists to serve in the Canadian Army during World War I.^[2]

As with the novel, the film blends a number of scenes set at war with depictions of the formative experiences from childhood that have led Robert to enlist, including his relationships with his disabled sister Rowena (Ann-Marie MacDonald) and their parents (William Hutt and Martha Henry). The cast was drawn predominantly from the stable of actors Phillips had worked with at the Stratford Festival.

Cast[edit]

Brent Carver as Robert Ross
Martha Henry as Mrs. Ross
William Hutt as Mr. Ross
Ann-Marie MacDonald as Rowena Ross
Jackie Burroughs as Miss Davenport
Jean LeClerc Captain Taffler
Domini Blythe as Lady Barbara d'Orsey
Alan Scarfe as Captain Leather
Margaret Tyzack as Lady Emmeline
Barbara Budd as Nurse Turner
Susan Wright as Ella
Richard Austin as Michael
Rodger Barton as Charles
Paul Batten as Poole
Rod Beattie as Levitt
Tom Bishop as Rider
Kirsten Bishopric as Peggy Ross
Richard Blackburn as Sergeant
Fred Booker as Verger
Dwayne Brenna as Tom Bryant
Michael Caruana as Soldier
Shirley Cassedy as Honor
Clare Coulter as Eena
Richard Curnock as Minister
Shirley Douglas as Mrs. Lawson
David Dunbar as Mr. Brown
Rupert Frazer as Clive
Craig Gardner as German Soldier
Graeme Gibson as Devlin
Maurice Good as Sergeant Joyce
Bob Hannah as Major Mickle
Paul Hubbard as Captain Ord
Jeff Hyslop as Clifford Purchas
Eleanor Kane as Woman
James Kidnie as Martial
Leo Leyden as Bishop
Hardee Lineham as Bonnycastle
Robin McKenzie as Stuart Ross
David Main as Mr. Lawson
William Merton Malmo as Collins Louis Negan
Jefferson Mappin as Teddy Budge
Marti Maraden as Lady of Easy Virtue
Anne McKay as Child
Richard McMillan as Harris
David Robb as Major Terry
Stephen Russell as Cigarette
Abigail Seaton as Juliet
Heather Summerhayes as Heather
Irene Sutcliffe as Nurse
Simon Treves as Patient
Annette Vyge as Madam
Timothy Webber as Corporal Bates

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Production[edit]

The film was produced by Nielsen-Ferns International and the National Film Board of Canada, the first time the NFB had ever collaborated on a narrative feature film with a commercial production company.^[3] Shooting began in May 1981 near Longview, Alberta,^[3] but within days Phillips ha

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