This essay examines the significance of the novel, Not Wanted on the Voyage, written by one of Canada's most respected and prolific writers, Timothy Findley (1984). This paper also explores the strengths of David Jefferess' analysis of Findley's "story" as embodied in his jo...

I understand that reading the back of Timothy Findley's novella, You went away, sounds like a trip down weepy-chick lane. However, a work which almost sounded too girly for me, turned out to be one of the most realistic portrayals of those attempting to deal with World War II in Canada. Readi...

Timothy Findley pieced The Wars together much like a puzzle. When piecing together a puzzle it is crucial to first find the corner pieces. As when trying to understand the novel it is necessary to realize what the most important aspects are. Each separate corner holds together and is linked to an...

Opening. "Pilgrim" by Timothy Findley and "Slaughter-House Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, are very similar in their writings in some ways and very different in others. They both touch on some of the same topics and ideas, but the they approach them in different ways, and sometimes ...

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 ...