The Four Elements Of The Wars

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

Air represents Life. Truth is the first quality of the Air Element. It is about finding your own essential truth, the truth of who you really are. But it also brings responsibilities. We readers are aware that Roberts's childhood was filled with happiness, and the fact that air is reminding him of his past days and persuades him to step away from the choice of going to war shows both of this element is life supporting and caring. However, since Robert chooses to join the army the natural element here (relating back to thesis) is shown as something different.

- One symbol air is shown as is the chlorine gas used against the Allies, which Robert neutralizes with urine. One scene which shows the idea of air:

- "The Melting snow began to turn into mist and the mist was filled with rabbits and Rowena and his father and his mother and the whole of his past life -- birth and death and childhood. He could breathe them in and breathe them out." (Findley 16)

Here we can ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

again represents death when Rowena was buried in the ground.

"How could he move? Rowena had been buried the day before." (Findley 16).

Instead of the element of earth being involved in the production of life, it is used as a final resting place for Robert's sister. Many soldiers shared the same fate as Rowena when there lives were also cut short due to these times of war.

At the end of the novel, Robert too shares the same fate as his sister. He is also buried in the earth after his death. The earth is also Robert's final resting place.

Earth was a direct representation of death when Robert's life was almost taken away by thick mud while he was in the ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library. Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports, and research papers in 2 minutes or less.

CITE THIS PAGE: