The abundant animal imagery in Timothy Findley's book The Wars is used to develop characterization and theme. The protagonist, Robert Ross, has a deep connection with animals that reflects his personality and the situations that he faces. This link between Robert and the animals shows the reader that human nature is not much different than animal nature. .
The animals in this story are closely related to the characters, especially the character of Robert. Rodwell acknowledges Robert's close union with animals when he draws Robert in his sketchbook as "the only human form" among sketches of animals (155). When Robert sees the drawing, he notices that "the shading [is] not quite human"; it is a combination of animal and human qualities, like Robert's own personality (155). "Modified and mutated, he [is] one with the others" (155). Rodwell's sketchbook reveals the melding of Robert with the animal world. .
Robert's encounter with the coyote is a significant step in his understanding of animals and, in turn, this leads to a greater understanding of himself. For Robert to be a soldier, it is important for him to see the point of view of a hunter. He learns from the coyote that a hunter must be generous and kill only in order to survive ("Animals and Their Significance" 1). Robert follows the coyote and watches as it passes two gophers and does not even "pause to scuffle the burrows or even sniff at them. It just [goes] right on trotting--forward towards its goal" (26). The coyote seems to sense Robert's connection with animals and realizes that he is not a threat. This is why the coyote continues to let Robert follow behind when it knows he is there. They drink together at the river, enjoying a "special communion" (Pirie 73). Then the animal tries to communicate with Robert by barking at him, "telling Robert the valley [is] vacant: safe" and then barks another three times to announce its departure (28).
Rebellion is a word used instead of a revolution or a war. ... "War is war. ... Zar used all the money for war, which they ended up loosing. ... Germany was getting more power, and they started the First World War. ... In America, the country was growing and was participating in both wars, including the Spanish/American war. ...
Animal Farm George Orwell's Animal Farm is a fable based on the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, from 1917 to the end of World War Two. All the characters in this story are presented as animals. ... The more intelligent animals, found ways to trick the less intelligent animals, until the government turned so corrupt, that no animal was able to speak anymore, without being threatened in one way or another. ... No animal liked being ruled by Mr.Jones, who starved and butchered the animals. After the revolution, the animals changed the farms name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. ...
George Orwell (1903-1950), a novelist and political journalist, wrote Animal Farm towards the end of WW II but he was unable to publish it until the end of the war. ... Just before Civil War broke out in Spain in 1936, Orwell married. The war was between the left-wing Republican government and the rightist Fascist rebels. ... As soon as the tsar was overthrown, civil war broke out among the revolutionaries. ... Why animals? ...
"Orwell's Animal Farm is more than a fairy story. ... George Orwell himself said, "People were conned by the Soviet war effort that Joseph Stalin was an ally." ... This occurs when Squealer persuades the animals that Snowball had never received the order of "Animal First Class." ... Such is not the case in Orwell's Animal Farm where "All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others." ...
Yet he is lord of all the animals. ... All animals are comrades." (9). ... In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. ... The dramatic irony of Animal Farm reveals hypocrisy that the animals don't see, nor understand. ... No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. ...
The working class in Russia, as compared with the barnyard animals in Animal Farm, were a laboring class of people that received low wages for their work. ... The animal rebellion on the farm was started because Farmer Jones was a drunk who never took care of the animals and who came home one night, left the gate open and the animals rebelled. ... It can be compared to Squealer in Animal Farm. ... This actually backfired in Russia and the war continued and the people still starved. ... Animal Farm. ...
Yet he is lord of all the animals. ... All animals are comrades." (9). ... In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. ... The dramatic irony of Animal Farm reveals hypocrisy that the animals don't see, nor understand. ... No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. ...
Animal assisted therapy is an effective way to bring comfort and protection to people with mental illness and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)- victims of childhood abuse, rape, a horrific accident, soldiers back from war. etc. ... Animal Assisted Therapy, or AAT as referred to in recent studies, is a type of therapy involving actions between people and trained animals as a form of treatment. ... Animals are being used in many places and in different circumstances. ... Clark is the author of "Therapeutic Use of Animals for Mental Health", where she address that animals are benef...
