The Wars 1. “She stood up. She sat down. Nothing more was said. Each one faded from the other through the steam” p.28 Rowena has just died. Robert was supposed to kill the rabbits. Now he is talking to his mom in the bathroom. She is drinking. I chose this quote because it signifies the end of Robert’s family life. It is the last time he sees his mother, and coincidentally, it is placed in …showed first 75 words of 695 total…

…showed last 75 words of 695 total…Ross.” Right before he died, Robert was offered to be killed, but he said not yet. This marked a turning point in his understanding of life. He didn’t want to be killed like Rowena’s rabbits and the horse, but he did know that sometimes that’s the only choice, and the best one. This is the point where Robert accepts everything that happened, and he wasn’t to be given up on ‘yet’.