The Wars

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 message. The war of technology against nature is the most obvious. It shows that if people destroy nature, a livable environment …

…the most brutal and cruel wars that has happened in history. The conclusions that we get out of the three wars lead to the same fact. Timothy Findley wants to tell us that the world could be a much better place if everybody takes more responsibility for the things that he or she is doing. This includes maintaining our planet and making careful political decisions. Suppose there is a war and nobody goes to it!