Timothy Findley's novel The Wars shows the cruelty and perversity of the First World War. However, as the plural in the title suggests, it is more than just a story about the historical war. War also works on a metaphorical level. In fact, there are three wars in it that contain a pacifist mess...

If you took a sensitive caring person and set them in the midst of a chaotic area, what do you think would, happen? Would these person adapt to this area, and live like everyone else, or would they become a mental mess unable to cope with what is going on around them? This was the theme of the ...

"The Wars", by Timothy Findley, is a novel depicting Robert Ross's horrific experience and eventual death during the First World War. It contains in depth details about Robert's life and the war, and really shows how terrible war really is. Is there any conflict that can j...