Captain Taffler's Suicide

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Findley suggests that many soldiers experience drives to suicide by their experiences in the war. One such character is Captain Taffler, he lost both arms due to a grenade and was brought to a hospital in England. He tried to take his life by "rubbing his wounds to make them bleed. The stumps where his arms had been, were raw and one of them was pumping blood in spurts across the floor" (Findley 152). Taffler attempts to commit suicide to escape his misery and painful existence. On top of that, soldiers that have been diagnosed with PTSD also have extremely hard times trying to live a normal life after the war. They are often left crippled like Captain Taffler and see no future. Also, they are constantly reminded through their dreams of the
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