In the novel, The Wars by Timothy Findley, he describes the women as chaos and order.Robert Rose is the lead male character, and a guy that every female character desires.

In the early stage of Robert Rose's life he was surrounded by women that he loved and adored. He has two sisters and his mother, who gave him the courage and made him independent. Women in this novel were seen as a stereotypical character; servant and uneducated. As the story evolves, the female character brings chaos and destruction into the male character. Therefore,as he goes on the journey he will encounter many women that would either change him into a man that is responsible or a man that would destroy his own life. In the novel of The Wars there are few women that made a significant impact into Rober tRose's life. That made him become a strong and independent man because Robert was shy and soft but smart. Mrs. Ross is Robert's mother who is caring and wise, Robert was always to oshy that he wished his mother that she wouldn't appear in the public often. But Mrs. Rose is a strong lady that she wanted to show Robert the reality of life: "Such things have to bed one...someone has to do them. The leaders of society are duty bound - and what would people say...? Etc. Etc." (Findley, 14). We can see the strong personality of a female character compared to the male who is afraid and sensitive. From the early start, we can see how she is starting to influence Robert's life. Robert had a sister named Rowena Rose who died and hewas devastated that made him enlist himself to the military to forget the death of his sister.