Main Characters in "The Wars".

Since man has walked on earth, he had always been in conflict with himself and other human beings. For thousands of years, there have been many furious battles fought among rival groups over different issues that seemed big at that time. The end results of each of the conflicts were always pretty much the same: the mass deaths and destruction of civilizations, and horrible physical and emotional impacts on the individuals left to live with …

…place during the war but to the internal, psychological battles that took place in the minds of the soldiers who suffered from the effects of war and their families back home. Through Timothy Findley's "The Wars", the true nature of war is revealed. This novel shows the everyday brutalities real soldiers of the First World War were facing. Through the secondary characters of "The Wars" Findley aptly illustrates the impact war had on the individuals.