... is believed that the soldiers are the ones suffering, it is forgotten that their families at home are struggling greatly as well. In The Wars, Roberts mother, Mrs. Ross does not react well to Robert leaving for war. " I know what you want to do. I know that you're going to go away and be a soldier. Well - you can go to hell ... times throughout the novel and each instance is directly linked to Roberts's decision to enlist in the war. Robert and Mrs. Ross' relationship reaches its climax when Robert is reported missing which leads to her become hysterical. "A final agonizing cry," (Findl...

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... the burdens in the family. Hence, his children always have a strong and big man image on their father, especially a boy. This can demonstrates a good relationship between them. For example, Robert and his Father, Tom Ross, have a strong father- son relationship throughout the novel. Robert loved and respect his father very much his father got him through it' (Timothy Findley The Wars 16). Besides ... from boy to man. It is because he has a shadow of his father while he receives all the knowledge from his father. This helps Robert to be a man and more mature. On the other side, Tom Ross ...

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... cowards for there actions. There are also many way's of classifiling what a hero is and what a coward is depending on a persons values and morals. Robert Ross is seen as both, depending on whose story is being told and whose point of view you look at. "The novel critically, often shockingly, explores the nature ... effective method of writing because it gives you many different angles to view the story at and you hear many different opinions on the same person; Robert Ross. Here's how one of Robert's nurses viewed him " My opinion was- he was a hero. Not your everyday Sergent York or Bi...

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... he cares for human and animal life, and then dies because of that conviction. Findley: He died for life. The thing that moved me in writing that book was that Robert Ross believed above all else in life. If you couldn't save people, but you could save the horses, you were, in fact, saving life. You were making a statement about life. The ... point of life is that life itself is the embodiment of hope. That is why the birth of a child is always so moving. Aurora: In The Wars, you write of Robert Ross: "He did the thing that no one else would ever dare to think of doing. And that to me is...

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... Future For the first time in eighty years the Indians got the attention from the government. Ronald Reagan's Indian policy' was not a very good one, he tried assimilate the Indians. Ross O. Summer said that retaining the culture and language might be desirable, but not at the cost of keeping the Indians poor dependent or unproductive. Some Indians tried something new and ... however they regretted this afterwards. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 1. Tayo's mother is a navajo-Indian and his father is a Mexican. His mother left with his aunt, Thelma, and his uncle, Robert. When he was four...

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