A loyalty towards his companion but also towards his country. Stones, from this point of view, are considered to be responsible for the turning point of the patriarch’s loyalty. “Seeing the evident massacre of the first troop ― my father froze in his place and could not move” (210). Initially, stones were responsible at war for jamming the tanks’ tracks on the beach of Dieppe, which caused the antagonist of the story to desert combat. In fact, stones may be interpreted in many different ways and carry different symbolisms. Through contrast in symbolism and narrative point of view, Findley emphasizes on the deteriorated mental state of a loving dad, David, who, through a self-fulfilling prophesy, has become hated by those who surround him.įirst of all, as the title of the story points out, stones play a major role in the story. In Timothy Findley’s short story “Stones”, the author illustrates a deserter’s self-destruction through post-war trauma, which slowly transforms itself into a complete loss of sanity caused by the persecutions of his community.
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