Timothy Findley, through his well-written short story "War," excellently proposes an important message that the occurrence of war does not only affect the relationship of the main communities involved, but also countless innocent lives. Findley, by setting his story in a small farmland in the Rural Ontario during WWII, in addition to introducing the struggle of a young boy named Neil who is forced to accept his father's departure to war, highlights the emotional complications that war creates in many individual's lives. Although it is universally understood that war illustrates a violent and unsafe atmosphere at the battlefield. The event of war tends to portray the differences between the main communities involved throughout the world. However, in this portrayal, the emotions and perspectives of the common, everyday individuals are overlooked, clearly indicating that the opinions of a common man do not hold any importance in front of the country's political decisions. Therefore, Findley writes this story as an attempt to actually provide a profound analysis of the impact that the war has on the family, especially the growing children of the individuals involved in the war. Findley's message about highlighting the struggles of the family members of a soldier is carefully delivered through Neil, the ten-year-old protagonist, as in the beginning of the story, Neil is ignorant from the impacts of the major event occurring in the world at the time, the war. Secondly, when the truth is revealed to Neil about his father joining the army, his behavior changes drastically as he becomes impulsive and self-centered. Lastly, the biggest impact on Neil is noticed as he confronts his father in an extremely unexpectedly aggressive and over-dramatic manner. Hence, despite that the war drastically influences the political behavior of many adults throughout the world, Findley's short story "War", when examining through the sequence of particular events...