... author, Timothy Findley develops the idea that an individual such as Robert Ross, who is guilt-ridden, attempts to atone for his past through his present actions. He shows this through Robert's decisions as he progresses through his campaign in World War One. Robert joins the army to save lives, so that he can redeem ... save the horse goes so far that he ends up getting critically burned by the fire. The act of saving the horse demonstrates a change in Robert. If Robert had lost all hope in humanity why would he risk his own life for a horse? He comes to realize that humans are just l...

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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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